How many beers do you drink a week ?

patmahe · 16-08-2022 2:07pm

About 6 x 600ml bottles a week, usually in batches of 2 at a time. Want to cut back from that though.

iamstop · 12-12-2022 10:19pm

Depends week to week. Usually on weekends it's 6 to 8 cans a night and maybe 2 to 6 drinks drinks on a weekday twice a week.

Trying to cut down overall. My first thing to cut is any and all Sunday drinking. It is really starting to effect my sleep and thus my work week. I do be wrecked until Wednesdays. Only had the two beers over the whole day yesterday and although I'm not as well rested as I could be (Fri and Sat were both heavy nights out) but I feel better than if I'd had more beers on Sunday. It's the days in a row with no break that hurt the most.

truthseekerxz · 16-04-2023 3:29pm

Reading this thread makes me glad to realise I’m not the only one with a problem.

Buddy Bubs · 16-04-2023 3:58pm

Drank an awful lot in 1 sitting back in the day, 15 pints plus on a session and maybe do that twice a week. Was usually after playing a rugby match on saturday and then prob do the same again on Sunday. Cut down big time in my early 30s when I stopped playing and did other things with my weekends. Just wasn't arsed.

Stopped almost completely at start of covid but then myself and the OH started drinking at home a bit, came to enjoy it. Just a few bottles of beer, nothing major.

Went out Friday straight after work and never ate, ended up in a mess and embarrassed. I'd say I had about 12 to 15 pints and not used to that any more. Won't be doing that any more.

Beer in moderation is a beautiful thing, being drunk is horrible

NewbridgeIR · 19-08-2023 7:35pm

Didn't have a drink from Stephen's day 2019 until January 2022. Covid mostly - pubs closed, was working hard and don't like drinking at home.

Anyway, went back and now go out to the pub about once every three or four weeks. Usually have about five pints if I don't have the car. Otherwise it's sparkling water all night.

One thing I noticed - no matter what I drink - any night I do go to the pub my sleep is regularly interrupted by having to get up and urinate. Usually three or four times a night which means a broken sleep and I am tired the next day. If I don't go out, I sleep fine.

Any solution? I don't recall it being this bad in the past.

pappyodaniel · 23-11-2023 6:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121001464#Comment_121001464

Is it possible you're overdoing it with the pints of water before bed? I've recently started having a small glass of water with a dioralyte and it's working a treat for me.

NewbridgeIR · 23-11-2023 6:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121406266#Comment_121406266

Thanks for reply

since I went back drinking I haven’t drunk water before bed.

Since posting in August, the problem has got worse. Last month I was up 11 times in one night after six pints of Heineken. A couple of weeks ago I decided to drink vodka & white on a night out. Result was a marked improvement - only had to get up twice during the night. May just have to stop drinking pints.

pappyodaniel · 23-11-2023 6:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121406322#Comment_121406322

That sounds pretty abnormal, never happened me before and I put them away at a decent rate. If you're having 11 slashes in a night after pints I'd be saying it to my local GP or I'd reconsider having pints whatsoever.

victor8600 · 23-11-2023 6:34pm

I drink 3-4 pints twice a month, whenever I go out. Probably twice more than that on holidays.

rodderss · 18-04-2024 7:52am

I do well to have a couple of dry nights a week,not really a pub person just like to unwind with a few beers infront of the TV. Need to get a hobbie i spent way too much time on raising kids and my career.

NewbridgeIR · 18-04-2024 2:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121406429#Comment_121406429

drinking vodka for last 5 months. Will have to get up once during the night or sometimes not at all. Big improvement. Also can go without breaking the seal in the pub.

Acosta · 04-08-2024 8:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121406322#Comment_121406322

I know the feeling. Happening to me a lot with pints too. Can drink 3 pints before breaking the seal, then I could be going at best after every pint after. Or worse, every 10 minutes.

I have come to the conclusion that when I'm tired, it's much worse. I work weird hours and even water can set me off when I've not had enough sleep. If I've had a good sleep the night before I usually don't pee anymore than the lads I'm with.

Between all the getting up after a night on the Guinness or another beer and also a desire to lose weight, I've shifted over to wine, which is much more pleasant. At least if I'm drinking at home anyway. I will still drink pints going out, but I don't go out often these days.

Have also cut down on the drinking at home, which became a much worse habit than it used to be during lockdown

Shoog · 04-08-2024 9:04pm

Up to 5 generally.

iamstop · 09-08-2024 4:31pm

Had 6 on Wed and 5 last night. Going to try to have minimal this weekend and get some work done on the house.

thebourke · 09-08-2024 4:38pm

i usually average about 3-4 beers a week…

some weekends nothing..

if there is something on like meeting friends,going to concerts, it could be more

iamstop · 20-08-2024 3:58pm

I was at a festival from Thurs to Monday. Lost track of how many beers, shots and wine tbh. However I never got blackout, was just steady drinking over the day staying well hydrated and fed. Great time altogether.

Just suffering a bit now from lack of sleep. Late nights and getting rudely awakened by the sun turning the tent into a sauna.

No plans to drink during the week.

How many beers do you drink a week ?

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