Alcohol consumption up?

debodun

debodun

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Almost everyone posting on Facebook mentions that when they went shopping they purchased some form of alcoholic beverage. Do you think it is because of COVID isolation boredom?
 

Mine was up a bit before I was forced to stay with my daughter. Itā€™s dropped since then. I think itā€™s because drinking for me isnā€™t a solitary activity.

Ron and I would always share a cocktail or drink in the aftermoon. My daughter and her hubs drink, but itā€™s random, just when they feel like It, which seems to have more to do with what theyā€™ve having for dinner (beer with pizza for example) than a drink just to relax or be sociable.
 
I did buy me a bottle of Baileys the other day. Two shots over ice help me sleep. A bottle lasts me forever. My sister makes sure she buys extra Jack when she goes to Sam's in Louisiana. She always has at least 2 extra bottles on hand. But she lives in rural Louisiana and no local liquor stores close by. She stocks up at Sams on everything and just has to purchase fresh bread, milk and eggs locally.
 
Never much of a drinker but the Irish Creme settles my gut once in a while....doesnt take much liquor to put me in a stuper, lol....
dont like beer either.....
looks like the booze is really needed for the 20-50 age group trying to deal with the stress of it all.....
 
debodun said:
I just saddens me that people reach for the bottle when they experience any stress.
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There's a difference between "reaching for the bottle when experiencing any stress" and enjoying a glass of wine or a beer (or whatever) a bit more often because you're doing a lot more cooking that pairs well with those beverages, or merely because doing so relaxes you a bit.

I view my glass of wine every other day or so as less harmful to my body than indulging in potatoes, pasta, bread, mac n cheese, fried chicken, bacon (yeah, I went there), pancakes, chocolate, pastry, and other "comfort foods" that we know aren't healthy. Sometimes our jangled nerves need a bit of soothing.

We're all living in glass houses these days. There's no need to start throwing stones at each other's coping mechanisms.
 
debodun said:
I just saddens me that people reach for the bottle when they experience any stress.
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Everyone handles stress differently and folks have different things they turn to in order to assist.

I personally prefer a cocktail to a tranquilizer or a glass of wine to taking out my stress on a loved one.

We all do different things as an aid to reduce the level of stress weā€™re dealing with depending on a huge array of factors. Iā€™d prefer an extra drink to an extra 20 pounds of weight gain or sleepless nights or chronic diarrhea. (ā€˜Scuse the TMI, Iā€™m trying to make a point šŸ˜‰)

You make it sound (ā€œreaching for the bottleā€) like a desperate measure, something shameful or improper. Maybe that wasnā€™t your intent, but it reads like that. Also sounds a bit holier than thou. And again that may just be my interpretation.

I donā€™t consider my margarita or glass of wine something to be ashamed of, but rather Im grateful I can achieve a measure of relaxation in these very harsh times with so simple a remedy.
 
debodun said:
I just saddens me that people reach for the bottle when they experience any stress.
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Another thing too, you are basing this on not having any knowledge as to how much we are intaking. I put a mere 20 ml in 12 oz of soda pop. For me the increase is to 40 ml in the same 12 oz of soda. Sometimes it's one drink. Sometimes it's two. It's mainly to help calm my nerves. Not to get blitzed. And everyone does truly have different ways of coping. I'd rather have a drink than stuff 52 cupcakes down my pie hole. Even though I love cupcakes. šŸ˜
At the end of the day, if one or two drinks keeps me from freaking out because I had to pass two COVID patients in the hall at work...then I'm doing that.
 

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