quiltz
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Post by quiltz on May 25, 2020 23:39:40 GMT
try not to be too judgy about alcohol consumption because everyone's threshold is different. Some of you think I drink too much and what I drink in my mind is acceptable and far less than my loved ones. Simply a curious question, and totally not judging you at all -- does even the alcohol affect the medications that you take for your bi-polar disorder? Only asking because a few friends of mine have been told not to drink at all - nothing - due to the fact that alcohol could reduce the effectiveness of their anti-depression medication.
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Post by pjaye on May 26, 2020 0:01:38 GMT
I do drink alcohol...and on the occasions I do, I enjoy it.
However unless I am out with friends, I pretty much don't. At home alone with meals, it's rarely. I just don't think about it. I did buy a bottle for my birthday and I had a zoom meeting with a few friends, I drank 2 glasses that night and then it took me the rest of the week to finish it. With evening meals I drink plain old tap water. Breakfast and lunch (if I'm home) its mostly coffee
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 26, 2020 0:03:27 GMT
try not to be too judgy about alcohol consumption because everyone's threshold is different. Some of you think I drink too much and what I drink in my mind is acceptable and far less than my loved ones. Simply a curious question, and totally not judging you at all -- does even the alcohol affect the medications that you take for your bi-polar disorder? Only asking because a few friends of mine have been told not to drink at all - nothing - due to the fact that alcohol could reduce the effectiveness of their anti-depression medication. I don't take any anti depressants. I take a mood stabilizer. Mine has no contraindication with alcohol. I am always cautious when I take a new medicine about allowing alcohol. Some just don't work. My bipolar tends more toward the manic end rather than depressed. But if I'm not feeling well I do not add alcohol to the mix either. I am not an escapist with my alcohol. I don't drink to get drunk. I enjoy a glass of wine with a good meal. That's about it.
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teddyw
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Post by teddyw on May 26, 2020 0:15:58 GMT
I’ll typically have water but I do like wine while I’m cooking.
When we were eating out I’d have a cocktail before the meal. I enjoy a nice drink made by someone else with ingredients I do not have. My favorite place made an egg white and orange flower drink. Not sure they’ll have it when they reopen.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 26, 2020 0:52:36 GMT
I have a glass of wine as I cook almost every evening. I rarely drink (anything at all) with a meal. After the meal, I may have another glass of wine or some nights, make a cup of tea. I'll also have a glass of wine while dressing for a night out and usually more while out with friends, if not a bourbon drink. It's a rare night that I don't have a glass of wine.
I drink two cups of coffee with a splash of milk in the morning and water all the rest of the day. Occasionally an iced tea if we grab a fast lunch somewhere. Never soft drinks - just don't like them.
Interestingly enough, I did NOT have wine tonight. I worked today and we did takeout for dinner. Just didn't feel like wine tonight. Only water.
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msliz
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Jun 26, 2014 21:32:34 GMT
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Post by msliz on May 26, 2020 0:56:53 GMT
In the warm weather months I drink unsweetened iced tea with meals and round the clock. Unless I'm having pizza, in which case I have to drink coca cola.
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Post by bc2ca on May 26, 2020 0:59:22 GMT
Normally DH and I have alcohol with dinner on the weekends (Fri-Sun). Either we share a bottle of wine or I have wine & he has beer. A beer is great on a hot afternoon but too filling for me to enjoy often. We drink whether with friends or just the two of us. Right now we doing a Whole30 challenge, so no alcohol for another 22 days (not that we're counting ). When I'm on a girlfriend trip we always start with a bottle of champagne, tend to have a glass of wine at lunch, hit a happy hour for cocktails and more wine with dinner. I almost always have a water glass going at the same time.
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Post by 950nancy on May 26, 2020 1:26:00 GMT
Usually a margarita with dinner on Friday. I have also found the pineapple/tangerine flavored Mike's Hard liquor recently and have one of these on occasion too.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on May 26, 2020 1:30:20 GMT
I drink water with meals. I usually drink a full glass or two of water before my meal, to help me feel fuller, so I eat a smaller portion.
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Post by malibou on May 26, 2020 12:59:55 GMT
I don’t like to drink alcohol with food. It makes both the alcohol and the food taste bad to me and gives me heartburn. I drink a TON of water at meals. I prefer to drink alcohol either before dinner or several hours after dinner. Thanks for saving me the hassle of typing all that out. Every word is me.
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ellaknits
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Post by ellaknits on May 26, 2020 13:05:31 GMT
I drink very rarely. Some meals really beg for a glass of wine to round them out, so I'll have one in that case. Maybe once or twice a year I'll have a gin and tonic if the gin is really nice and they use good tonic. And it's hot. And I'm in the south. Rare.
I have plenty of friends who drink every single day, many of them do the cocktail hour before dinner thing, and frankly a lot of them appear to be slightly problematic drinkers. None of my business, and I'm not sure anyway.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on May 26, 2020 13:10:50 GMT
Thank you for all the responses, seems like we cover pretty much the entire range of drinking with your meals.
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schizo319
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Post by schizo319 on May 26, 2020 14:58:00 GMT
I'm in the South. Here, we drink syrup - er, I mean sweet tea with our dinners. To answer your question, I might have a glass of wine with dinner once a month or so. I prefer to drink alcohol when I'm not eating a meal - like a beer in the afternoon after I've mowed the grass or a glass of wine after dinner. I drink maybe 3-5x a month, rarely more than a glass or two at a time.
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Post by needmysanity on May 26, 2020 15:30:49 GMT
We rarely drink when we go out to dinner. It's expensive and we don't want the added risk of a DUI. We started that about 2 years ago.
We live close to wine country so we do wine taste every few months. We always have a DD then.
We do drink at home. I have wine almost every night after dinner (water during dinner). DH is a beer drinker.
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likescarrots
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Post by likescarrots on May 26, 2020 15:53:55 GMT
I drink iced tea with lunch meals and sparkling water with dinner meals.
I don't drink alcohol at all and yes, I find it a bit startling when I see it read about people drinking alcohol with each meal. My family that drink alcohol don't drink it regularly. My mom would maybe drink a glass once every few months, usually if we went out to a fancier dinner.
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Post by birukitty on May 26, 2020 16:32:31 GMT
I almost always drink just water and coffee. Throughout the day (and night for the water) that's what I'm drinking. I kicked the Diet Coke habit 9 years ago and feel so much better since then. I love the taste of water now and crave it. If I go over and visit my parents (they live 15 minutes away-but that's on hold now due to the pandemic) I'll have a glass of wine with them. My Mom's German so wine drinking is part of the culture for her-she didn't move here until she was 25. DS is still living at home and does drink alcohol. If he brings home some tonic water occasionally I might have a gin and tonic at night (that's my drink) but that's about once a month. I'd rather not drink my calories.
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Post by lbp on May 26, 2020 16:47:49 GMT
I drink water, tea, or Coke with every will except breakfast, which is coffee
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Post by roberta on May 26, 2020 16:49:58 GMT
We drink wine with meals only at special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and other special occasions. Actually it is with a large gathering. At home we virtually never have alcohol with a meal. Lately I have been having some wine or a drink to relax in the evening. I used to have it only once a week or so. DH doesn't drink alc at all anymore.
I agree that what's on TV is reality for only a very small % of people.
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