Do you drink more when you’re single, or when you’re in a relationship?
When dating and living the carefree single life drinks certainly flow easy, but when you’re part of a couple there are plenty of temptations.
Cosy pub nights, dates at restaurants where you ‘might as well’ get a bottle, and the constant reassurance that comes with someone else being beside you who drinks just as much.
Our Spill It diarist this week is Isabel*, who’s 26, and works in credit control for a media company. She lives in Reading, and often has to commute, which is certainly not the one on a hangover.
Thankfully though, she knows how to keep the hangovers after pints with her partner at bay – double carbs.
Friday
It’s Friday. It’s month end. It’s been a long week. I’m having a drink. I head straight into town to one of our favourite pubs for a few drinks with the other half and our best friend.
My other half has Fridays off so he’s been out ‘Christmas Shopping’ – code for ‘been drinking most of the afternoon’.
I order a pint of lager and drink that pretty quick. We have another three pints before heading to another pub in town. We have another two pints before calling it a night (I know I have to wrap some Christmas presents before we meet up with the in-laws tomorrow).
Units: 18
Saturday
We’ve got a busy weekend ahead. The in-laws are down for the weekend.
We decided to meet in Windsor and stay the night. We head down just after 2pm so we can check in, leave our bags and meet up with them. We decide to have a wander around Windsor before heading to the Wetherspoons.
The OH and I order a pint of lager each while the in-laws have a coffee. We catch up for a while before deciding to order another pint each. We have a walk over to Eton and found a lovely looking pub. Roaring fire and a free table right next to it!
It would be rude to walk past and not have a drink there. Time for another pint. We finish those and head back towards the town for some dinner. I have a bottle of cider with my food followed by a shot of limoncello (it’s a pallet cleanser guys). We head back to the hotel bar for a nightcap before we head back to our rooms – I have a pink gin and tonic.
Units: 12.7
Sunday
It’s an early start for us, meeting the in-laws for a small breakfast before we do the long walk.
We do our walk and wander around the shops before we head to restaurant for lunch.
We’re meeting my Dad, but the M4’s closed so he’s running late. So we decide to go to our table and have a drink before he arrives. I order a pint of Amstel. My Dad still isn’t here so we have another pint.
Our food arrives and we’re all having a good time. So we order another pint before paying the bill. We say goodbye to my Dad and decide we should probably walk off our Sunday Lunch before heading to a final pub for a last drink with the in-laws before getting the train back home. I have a pint of Amstel.
We head back to the station to get our train and decide we’ll avoid our local as we’re shattered and have to be up for work tomorrow.
Units: 12
Monday
Today was a long day. The OH normally plays pool on a Monday night. I call him to say I’m staying in and will cook tea for when he gets in. He comes in about 9pm, we have dinner and go to bed.
Units: 0
Tuesday
I’m organising our work Christmas Party this year, so I had to pop to the venue to confirm some final details. All the details were fine, but I obviously had to sample the cocktails they had on offer. I had a rum version of a Pina Colada. It was delightful!
I call the OH to see if he’s on his way yet. He’s not, so I decide to get some bits for tea from Sainsbury’s and head home.
Units: 2
Wednesday
I was determined to just go straight home tonight. Cook a nice comforting meal of double carbs (homemade Macaroni cheese and garlic bread, if anyone was wondering) and do a quick clean up of the flat, but I got a text from the OH asking if I wanted to meet him in our local for a drink after work… obviously I said yes.
To be fair, it was good to catch up with our mate, and I also met a lovely lady – she’d lost her son earlier on in the year and was just starting to talk about it (which she said helped her massively). I ended up having five pints of Carling. On a Wednesday. Knowing full well I have to get up early for a meeting in London tomorrow. Why?!
Units: 15
Thursday
Woke up loads of times throughout the night, panicking I was going to miss my alarm, also woke up with a fuzzy head. I knew I shouldn’t have drunk more than three pints midweek. It wrecks my sleep and my head.
I also hate having to commute to London peak times. It’s my idea of hell, but with my head office based in London, I have to do this more often than not these days. Luckily, the train from Reading to Paddington is less than half an hour on a good run, but I didn’t manage to get a seat and I can’t be arsed for a busy commute.
Once I finally get to the office I’m fine. I order a latte and once the caffeine hits, I’m good to go. After a busy day full of meetings I decided to go straight home. No booze today – need to be fresh for the weekend!
Units: 0
Total units for the week: 59.7
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.
*name has been changed
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/06/spill-26-year-old-credit-controller-drinks-week-11282062/
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