My SO seems to have developed an alcohol problem since quarantine began. Anyone else experiencing this?

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I actually actively stopped drinking during quarantine for fear of developing bad habits.

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Um yes.

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How severe a problem are we talking about? Everyone I know is drinking more. I barely drank before: only drank 1-2 shots (in a mixed drink) a week. Now I’m averaging 1-2 shots every other day.

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1.2 million apostrophes.

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It’s been 4 months. I think I’m gonna start drinking too. 😩

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My vice is wine.

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Same

Or are you only seeing now from not traveling? My SO is just seeing it bc Im home.

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Yeah, I suppose it’s a little bit of that.

Yes. I am no teetotaler but wife goes through a bottle of wine or equivalent more often than not, a couple full glasses around dinner and the rest after the kids go to bed. I think it is causing her immediate health problems, to have trouble sleeping, and is getting expensive. It has also sucked out all the enjoyment for me of whipping up mixed drinks which I used to do a couple nights a week and/or a buying a good bottle of wine or bourbon.

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I've tried a couple times but she underestimates the amount she drinks so she is very dismissive. She has a doctor's appt coming up for something she is certain is not related but I think it could be so I'll figure out a way to stress the importance of honestly answering the doctors questions about drinking as she'll probably want to answer "a glass or two a couple times a week."

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My flat mate was going through a bottle a day, then slowed down. I on the other hand don’t want to spend money on it. It has gone to sweets.
Tell them we have to cut back on alcohol expenses due to economic uncertainty.

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have been averaging 1 or 2 mixed drinks a night during quarantine. i used to drink maybe once every week or two pre quarantine. not being able to go out, see friends, or go to the office plus living on my own are some of the reasons why

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Are you my SO?

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