I don't know. Prob 10-15 per week. Maybe a little more sometimes.

I don't know exactly, because I don't meter things out with a jigger or one of those Utah clickers...so I'm not sure exactly how heavy I'm pouring...but I'd say 15ish, +/-.

1/8/2024 10:37:27 PM

Maybe 2-3 drinks/week. The lowest it’s been since college, I’m sure. Not really an intentional choice. It just doesn’t fit my lifestyle like it used to.

1/9/2024 6:27:55 AM

Probably down to 4-8 drinks a month at this point.

In 2019, I seriously reduced my overall alcohol intake. Shit will eventually catch up with you.

1/9/2024 12:01:57 PM

Greatly reduced. Most days I consume no alcohol. This is a struggle for me, though, because alcohol is a component of a lot of my culture and heritage. (We're from Wisconsin.)

My wife has been mostly sober for 5 months now and I'm so proud of her.

1/9/2024 12:59:30 PM

Quote :

"This is a struggle for me, though, because alcohol is a component of a lot of my culture and heritage. (We're from Wisconsin.)"

Everyone should drink less brandy old fashioneds. Wisconsin is fuckin weird

1/9/2024 1:11:59 PM

being from Wisconsin comes with a 3 drink minimum

my mom invited us over for cocktails
I told my parents we were quitting drinking
she was like "Oh, that's okay. We've got beer and wine, too."

1/9/2024 1:45:06 PM

Hahaha

I had a roommate from Madison, WI back like 15-20 years ago. That dude subsisted on beer, sausage, and cheese.

1/9/2024 9:02:53 PM

I was born in Madison, Wisconsin.

But the place my family is from -- Outagamie County -- is the heaviest drinking county in all of Wisconsin.

Highest rate of binge drinking in the country. So I'm working to overcome cultural traditions AND the way I was raised by my parents. They started giving me alcohol when I was an early teenager and I was allowed beer or wine at meals starting at age 15/16. At 17 or 18 I could mix a cocktail but I wasn't allowed to leave the house afterwards.

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2021/06/07/alcohol-outagamie-calumet-counties-top-u-s-excessive-drinking/7510658002/

1/11/2024 11:49:52 AM

coming up on a year since my last update/bloodwork results.

I've been drinking more than I did between march and october of last year when I really cut back, but it's still nowhere near as much as I had been in previous years and I fluctuate from month to month. I don't think it's been excessive, but an updated blood panel will tell the truth. gotta schedule an appointment...

8/10/2024 1:55:06 PM

^TSB Crossover!

8/10/2024 4:43:34 PM

I'm sober, BTW. I think this is what some of your habits look like.

10/12/2024 8:43:45 AM

@qntmfred What was your ALT/AST? I had out of normal, 88, ALT. Been monitoring it fairly closely since I saw the elevated number. Seen it high even with no drinking a couple of times. Think mine is more food than alcohol, but iirc with elevated AST means it's probably alcohol. My ALT will go back to normal in 1-2 months of eating well and longer with just slowing down the drinking.

Have you had a fibrotest done?

I didn't drink most of my 30s but started again in 2019. Mostly wine, then hard liquor then back to wine. I've been on a weekly beer kick lately. Felt beer was too carby and heavy, but feel way better the next day after two beers than half a bottle of wine.

10/12/2024 4:31:57 PM

ALT = 12
AST = 15

Go, Liver!

10/12/2024 7:32:08 PM

Those are good fucking labs.

10/12/2024 8:28:01 PM

elise had lower on the previous page, but she's female.

10/12/2024 8:58:11 PM

Have never developed a taste for alcohol

10/13/2024 2:03:20 AM

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"@qntmfred What was your ALT/AST?"

march '23 when I first got it tested was 82/37. last october it was 41/24. i still haven't gotten new bloodwork this year. never had a fibrotest either

in the last 3 weeks the only drink i've had was on my birthday. wasn't even intentional either, just stopped picking up a case of beer whenever i was at the grocery store. gonna try to lean into this streak

10/13/2024 10:00:41 AM

I did dry January last year. Dry January ended up turning into dry February, and March as well. I just got out of the habit of drinking really, and didn't really miss it. I stopped picking up beer at the store, stopped having wine on the rack at home, and the liquor on my bar just sat there collecting dust.

I eventually started consuming alcohol again, but much less than before. Now, I may have one drink every couple of weeks? Maybe?

I realized that I sleep so much better, my anxiety levels are down. I realized that a few drinks, even if there is no hangover, will leave me in a slightly depressed funk for about a day and a half. Abstaining certainly makes you realize how obsessed this country is with alcohol, and how many people seemingly incorporate it as a routine part of their lives.

10/14/2024 9:00:32 AM

forgot about that ^^

for some reason at the end of January I decided I would not drink at all in February.

[Edited on March 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM. Reason : maintaining one's sobriety during Trump's first full month back in office seems wise in retrospect]

3/1/2025 12:54:13 AM

In retrospect, i was doing pretty well Aug-Nov of 24 with alcohol consumption. As of late I've definitely regressed. Kinda easy when you dislike your job but feel stuck. At least I'm not smoking is what I keep telling myself

3/1/2025 2:02:37 AM

the number of drinks I've had in 2025 is in the single digits

we took it out of the house and we don't really drink anymore

3/6/2025 8:46:53 AM

If you don't count my work's All Hands week, it's probably averaged one-ish a week.

3/6/2025 10:28:00 AM

It's low cuz I'm a girl and I've got a bunch of shitty chronic illnesses.

6/2/2025 4:14:04 PM

I sat out most of Ramadan too. Picked back up for a couple weeks afterwards, but at the risk of jinxing myself I think I'm mostly done with drinking. At least on a regular basis at home.

6/10/2025 9:55:45 PM

they always come back.

6/10/2025 9:58:31 PM

lol

6/10/2025 10:01:38 PM

I stopped using cannabis after 20 years because I developed Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. So now I'm drinking way, way more... used to be zero

6/14/2025 7:57:47 PM

Have you tried not being an addict

6/14/2025 8:31:08 PM

My last box of wine lasted 7 days which I thought was pretty good

6/14/2025 8:34:29 PM

Clearly, you thought the wine was pretty good.

Was it a 3-liter or a 5-liter box?

6/15/2025 7:12:20 AM

I have maybe 3-5 drinks per month

6/15/2025 9:01:32 AM

^^^ are you saying a box of wine, like a few 750 mL bottles, or boxed wine, like Franzia?

^ I'm getting down to those numbers. I think all of the diuretic effects, combined with IBS-like symptoms have made me really indifferent towards alcohol.

6/15/2025 5:51:00 PM

5L box

6/15/2025 6:30:16 PM

5L boxes have 34 glasses of wine, so if one lasted you 7 days, you're at about 5 glasses per day. Consider cutting back.

6/15/2025 9:29:36 PM

Just get a bigger glass so you're drinking less glasses of wine per day

6/15/2025 9:42:31 PM

Good idea!

6/16/2025 5:24:04 AM

Box I got Saturday is done. Get a new one tomorrow. No big whoop

6/17/2025 12:34:17 AM

What’s that 2 bottles of wine a nite?

6/17/2025 8:04:32 AM

I was drinking a ton, like 4-6 drinks a night, pretty much every night, for years.

Got into an accident as a pedestrian last month where I was clipped by a car and ended up in the hospital. It was a bad scene but could have been much worse, happy to be alive.

Anywho, in the past 30 days I only drank on one day, which was 3 or 4 white claws while hanging out at my moms.

Feeling much better and while I'm not going to try complete sobriety, I am cutting back big time.

6/17/2025 9:10:42 AM

Still not drinking much. I rarely drink during the week, and may have a beer or two on the weekend.

I have realized that alcohol really fucks with my sleep, and I have coke to value a good night's sleep in my old age. Also, if I don't sleep well, I won't feel like waking up early to go running. It's summer time, so if I don't running the morning, then I would need to exercise outside when it is balls hot.

6/17/2025 10:21:23 AM

Yea coke is great for sleep I hear.

6/17/2025 10:43:56 AM

*Come

6/17/2025 11:56:17 AM

Most nights 0-2 drinks (either one cocktail or two beers). Once a week I go to the bar for a couple of hours and have 4 beers. Probably averages out to around 10 a week. Not really a conscious choice, but hangovers hurt more than they used to and it's hard to manage a rambunctious toddler and not spill your old fashioned.

Although I guess I have to revise the references to beer above, since my bloodwork indicates I have celiac disease. Endoscopy next week will confirm but, if so, no more beer for me. Yes I know they make gluten-free beers, I have tried them, I am not going to pay more money for worse beer when liquor and wine are right there.

6/17/2025 3:28:00 PM

Thats kinda a lot of drinking for someone our age…

6/17/2025 5:26:28 PM

^ perhaps. I'm not judging tho. I'm also not making excuses, however, I believe that GrumpyGOP lives in the DMV area like myself. I can attest to the fact that this is a very alcohol heavy region. It is infused into the culture here. From happy hours, to political debate viewings at bars, to unlimited boozy brunches....this region is obsessed with alcohol.

[Edited on June 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM. Reason : I can't type with my thumbs for shit ]

6/17/2025 7:29:38 PM

is 1.43 drinks per day really a lot for "someone our age"

6/17/2025 10:25:12 PM

We're not in our 20's lol

6/17/2025 11:07:02 PM

Is 1.43 per day a lot for someone in their 60s? Just seems like a reasonable number, assuming there are reasonable numbers greater than zero.

[Edited on June 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2025 11:37:57 PM

Drinking 43% of a second drink is kinda wasteful imo. Just make it an even 2, there are thirsty children in Africa

6/18/2025 3:39:37 AM

I hope 1.43 a day isn't "a lot".

6/18/2025 9:25:20 AM