My friend drinks 2 full size bottles of red wine a night, (the strong stuff)?!
Answers: she says this isn't too much, I think it's far too much, I think she's an alcoholic! What do you think? I will print the answers out to show her.
my parents used to drink a bottle a night. so thats only half a bottle each. my dad got ill&they both ended up at docs who told them this was going too far. chelestoral levels were sky high& they've consequently had to change their diets & can only drink at weekends now.
2 bottles alone a night is worrying. id actually go as far to say this is verging on alcoholic. test it out, see what she's like if she has to go a day or two without.
by law you are allowed to see her doctor to report a problem about her, although you wouldnt have access to further steps the doctor may take. this is certainly what i'd do if she cant see damage she's doing
he's an alcoholic!
A glass for dinner it's OK but a bottle its already too much
so two bottles or the strong ones it's just terrible!!!!
tell him he is sick and needs help
help him out!!!
dEFINETLY drinking to much. Women are meant to have 2 to 3 units a night, with 2 nights drink free.
Sounds like your friend has issues that she cant/wont deal with.
thats pretty crazy
i could see maybe 2 or 3 a nite but not 2 full size bottles
sounds like a alcoholic to me...
I think she is an alchoholic also. Get her some help before she drinks 20 bottles a night.
if its everynigh,. then yea she needs to stop. if its on a friday then hell no
defineatly an ALCOHOLIC IN DENIAL.
You are a good friend for trying to get her some help.
sounds like an alcoholic to me! Call A&E intervention is a good show.
Good grief ...and I thought I was doing well with the Vouvray & Zivania!!
i feel like a lightweight now!
Hell No, look at Keith Floyd, its never done him any harm. lol
It's too much. A bottle a night is too much. If she's not an alcoholic she will be soon.
Get therapy.
Get her to listen to Rod Stewart singing "what made Milwaukee famous........."
She might not be an alcoholic, but any health benefits the red wine would give her, are shot. One or 2 glasses per night is what the doctors recommend.
I like my wine too. I have some quite often. I just usually stop after 2 glasses.
That much wine is over the top. If she can't or won't stop and gives excuses like "I like the taste" or "I can stop any time but just don't want to" then she has a serious issue. Volume doesn't necessarily mean she's an alcoholic - it's the need or compulsion to have the "drug" that makes someone an addict/alcoholic.
I can't imagine drinking even one bottle a day!
I'm not going to say whether she is or isn't but when you drink everyday to me that's a problem.
I totally agree with you it should be no more than to big glasses a night at the most.She keeps drinking like that she should start looking for a new liver because I'm sorry to say she ain't going to live long like that.
HOw often does this happen?
Some people have a higher metabolism for that.
A person that has an alcohol problem NEEDS alcohol, can't get through the day with out it...
WE THINK that the USA is a little overboard with the whole alcoholic labeling - please look to european culture as well to find your answers
Too much wine is definitely not good for you unless the Doctor recommends it.
Red wine helps if you want to lower cholesterol and heart problems. But ONLY if your doctor recommends it.
according to government advice she is drinking too much, but 2 bottles of wine does not an alcoholic make. It depends whether she does it purely for pleasure, or whether she feels she NEEDS it. Also if she's only drinking in the evenings then she's lasted the day without. An alcoholic is someone who physically cannot help having the first drink of the day. Ask her more about why she drinks, and whether she ever drinks secretly - this is where the problems start. nevertheless she will be doing her body some damage by drinking this much so often. Well done for caring, but try not to thrust labels on her - it isn't helpful whether she is or isn't an alcoholic. Just show her that you care, and listen if she ever wants to talk. Otherwise live and let live.
Im drinking a bottle of white a night plus a quarter of whiskey.
i cant stop it, every morning i feel awful and hate myslef, vow to drink no more then... at night off i go again.
I think we are all alcholics and you can pretty mucg get away with it when your young but now im showing sever ehealth issues. DT's liver pain, shock and seizures
i stopped smoking last year easy enoghh why cant i stop the booze.??
HELP Hic!
its a bit much like!
It's definitely far too much if she is doing it every day. It will eventually kill her liver & kidneys (scorriocis - sorry bad spelling). In the short term it will affect her looks & leave her with spots & bags under her eyes etc. In the long term it can affect the relationships she has with others, cause depression, affect her work, soon nothing will matter other than getting that drink. Not only that her tolerance for the alcohol will go up so she'll need more and more, causing more & more damage to her body. If she keeps going like that it will cause a slow & painful decline in her health until the drink will kill her.
i drank a bottle one night, and was soooooo sick!!!! now i limit myself to 2 glasses every once in a while. she needs help
That is far too much. The government guidlines for women is 14 units per week and a small glass of red wine (125ml) is one unit. That gives 6 units per bottle, 12 units per night. So, yes your friend has a problem
If it's every night and she cannot go a night with out her 2 bottles of wine then she has a problem, she probably knows if she has to have a drink every night that she has a problem, but wont admit it, ask her to go without it for a few days and see what she says and if she does, but going on the little bit of info you have given it sounds as if she is Alcohol Dependent. no ones saying she cant have a drink, its when she cannot go with out it, its a problem and she should seek help before her health starts to suffer, and it will eventually. You sound like a caring friend.
according to government advice were all going to die anyway so as an aid to swell the government purse new advice will be out shortly telling us to drink more.
i don't have a problem with 2 bottles some nights i do 3 or 4 so crack on girl!!
to you: try not to put labels on her as others have already suggested it doesn't help. we can't always get what we want (who sang that again) you may have to let her find her own way through this and it may not be pretty.
to her: this amount of alcohol is really, really dangerous to your health check out any of the health sites. try to speak to your doctor or someone you trust to help you with this situation. it can be overcome love.
goodbye nice healthy liver
hello bad liver
goodbye your dead from killing yourself with alcohol
She had too much.
To each his own. If she wants to drink two full bottles of wine every night then that's her problem.