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Is my drinking considered problematic?

Hi Reddit, first off – I think in order to fully evaluate my situation it would help a bit to give you an overal picture of how my life is at the moment.

Im a mid 30s male, married, 3 children (7,4 and 3). I work as a business consultant at a mid size company where I earn about 3x the avarage wage in my country (western-Europe) – overall financially I’m pretty well off. I own a house, got a decent car and the future is looking pretty bright.

Healthwise i try to stay in shape. I work out atleast 3 times a week(usually 4 or 5 times), Im not really into sweets so I stay away from pastries, candy and whatnot. same goes for snacks, occasionally (usually during weekends) I treat myself with a bag of chips or going out to eat, but nothing really excessive and definitely not daily. Especially during weekdays I try to really keep an eye what I put into my body, I focus on eating enough veggies, fruits and healthy meals. Overal I keep a good diet to stay in shape and make sure my body has the right nutrients.

All good you’d say, am I rite?

Well here’s where I’d like your guys unbiased opinion, lately my wife has been pointing out that my drinking is headed into a problematic direction. From Sundays to Thursdays I don’t touch alcohol AT ALL, not even a nightcap or 1 beer. But on Friday and Saturday I transform into somewhat of a binge drinker. I usually buy 2 bottles of whiskey on Friday (2x 0.7L) which I end up (mostly) emptying during the 2 days. I’ll start at around 8PM (after the kids go to bed) and I’ll be up till about 3/4AM hanging out on the couch playing video games or watching a movie and drinking. My alcohol tolerance is very high, so I never black-out or throw up and rarely have hang overs. So I usually just continue drinking until 3/4th of the bottle is empty and head to bed.

Now I know that drinking on your own is considered somewhat of problematic on itself, but in my case I really don’t think this comes into play as I’m a pretty solitary person, I don’t feel lonely in any way shape or form and enjoy being by myself in the weekends because during weekdays I’m pretty much obligated to be in constant communication with clients, acquaintances etc.

anyway, so my argument obviously is I function normally without alcohol for the vast majority of the week, I’m looking after my heath by working out, eating healthy. I don’t smoke, use any drugs (prescription or non-prescription) and don’t gamble. So is there really that much harm that I need to unwind a day or two to kind of reset myself, All though I won’t deny 1.5L of hard liquor a week might be more than the avarage individual consumes.

Overal I consider myself a pretty rational individual and try to be as wise as possible with my decision making because I care for the well-being of my family.

I hope some unbiased opinions here from people can give me some clarity on how bad my overal drinking situation is.

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