It’s getting to that time of year where drinking feels almost compulsory.
Christmas time is an easy out for those of us who are prone to overindulge. When you have a gin advent calendar and there are festive drinks happening every other evening, it’s easy for it to get out of hand.
Each week on Spill It, we look at different people’s drinking habits over the course of a week.
This time around, we’re hearing from a 26-year-old diarist who works as a letting agent and lives in Bristol.
She’s getting into the spirit with a cheeky Bailey’s (yes, it’s cheeky, don’t @ us), and some nice wines.
Thursday
Only chose to drink as I had a really nice bottle of red open from Monday and it would have gone to waste!
To use it up I made a red wine risotto, and had two small glasses myself
Units: 3
Friday
Leaving drinks for a colleague. I don’t normally drink much at these events as I normally have to drive home, but I really get on with this guy so I decide to let myself have a few, and organise a taxi home.
A few turned into five large glasses of Sauvignon Blanc.
Units: 15
Saturday
A little bit blurry eyed this morning, but nothing six cups of tea can’t fix. Working this morning, so up early and taxi back to the office since I left my car.
My fiancé has recently had knee surgery making him pretty immobile, so I was designated driver tonight so he could go to his friends engagement drinks.
I do have one small glass of red wine when I get home, though.
Units: 1.5
Sunday
Very nice lazy Sunday, although woke up with a headache – very unfair considering lack of drinking!
We normally go out for a roast but due to his knee, we stayed in so I made a pie and treated ourselves to a nice bottle of Bordeaux, of which I had half.
Units: 4.9
Monday
I play Netball Monday nights so no alcohol today.
Units: 0
Tuesday
Day off today. Went for dinner, but drove so no booze there. Did have a double Bailey’s once I got home through – getting in the Christmas spirit!
Units: 0.9
Wednesday
Girl’s night and I was intending not to drink, but my friend had an open bottle of Sauvignon. We realised half way through that it had been open for 6 weeks in her fridge – tasted remarkably nice, considering.
I ended up having two medium glasses of white wine.
Units: 4.2
Total units for the week: 29.5
Total units in a week recommended by the NHS: 14 units (for anybody regardless of gender). Obviously, if you’re able to get lower than this, even better!
Spill It is a weekly series out every Friday. To get involved email jessica.lindsay@metro.co.uk.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/15/spill-it-what-a-26-year-old-letting-agent-drinks-in-a-week-11124411/
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