Hi everyone,

I am a young woman in my early/mid 20s and tend to drink on average 2 bottles of wine a week. Does anyone think this is too much?

I find it really difficult to grasp what is "normal" these days if there is such a thing. I know alot of my friends go out and get completely pissed and have no comprehension of how much they actually go through in a night let alone a week. They simply don't care and don't think about it.

Whereas i'm a bit of a control freak, i like to know how much i'm drinking and i really enjoy a glass of wine. I only drink red. But i do wonder if 1 and a half to 2 bottles every week is too much. I don't drink every night.

I don't think it's too much - it 2 small glasses per night - which I shouldn't think would do too much harm

Mind I would say that as it's what I drink, so I may just be justifying it to myself!

Depending on the strength of the wine, that's about 16 units per week, which is within the recommended limits (of not exceeding 2-3 units per day) so it's probably fine. It's about what I drink too, although sometimes I have three bottles in a week, which I know is too much. What I try to do (not very successfully) which might be a good idea though is to have a couple of weeks off every so often.

Nah, not nearly enough, get it up to two bottles a day and relax.

If you have them both at once for breakfast then yeah, problem, but 2 botts of wine a week is nothing.

They do say that a glass of red wine a night is good for you. It helps reduce stress or something.

it's mean't to help with digestion too, well done if you can just have 1 glass though!

2 bottles a week! That's fine. Don't be put off by the self-righteous brigade.

Wine is to be enjoyed and has for thousands of years.

If only the same could be said about beer!

2 bottles a week??? Wow - that's an average weekend for me (an average quiet weekend )

Two bottles a week is 18-24 units. This is over your medically advised limit.

I would be horrified.

Why do you feel the need to drink this much?

No it's not too much at all

Stop trolling.

Wrong.

2 bottles of wine is the equivalent of 12 125ml glasses of wine, which is 12 units.

See here for the calculator

I drink a bottle every night. I have my own official guidelines.

lol

I make my own wine so can choose how much alcahol to have in each bottle up to a maximum of 15%

I used to drink about 3 bottles a week but have decided to cut back as I am on a diet and don't want the extra calories the wine is adding!