I am 27, female and South African. Spent my university years mostly getting pissed out of my face (although I did get a 2:1 in Computer Sciences). After leaving university and finding regular FT employment I used to enjoy a bottle of Jacob's Creek white wine on almost a daily basis.
In fact I drank so much of it that I became addicted. I never ended up truly drunk as far as I know; and neither did I ever end up in hospital. But I just regarding drinking a bottle (sometimes two) of wine on a daily basis in the same way most people regarding drinking tea or coffee.
If I tried drinking beer or red wine or spirits, I would be all over the shop, completely out of my face, and all together a different, far less pleasant person by all accounts.
However, I gave up all spirits and wines a couple of years back when I decided to put my career and my relationships as a priority. So all good there then.
However, ever since this Covid thing, I have started to go back to my (bad) old ways of finding comfort in a bottle of JC despite keeping busy with my workload.
I think the more I read about how this pandemic is becoming more of a complete and utter disaster for everyone, the more I am starting to drink. And yet I really shouldn't have any need to feel so depressed because I have a job, my own home, a girlfriend, a fairly good and regular income, and my family and friends are all in good health (physically at least). But I just find myself turning to the wine again just because its there!
This morning I took an empty wine bottle from last night, and popped into the recycling tub where I found 13 other empty wine bottle that have accumulated since the last collection 2 weeks ago. And it really did finally sink in - that I was drinking THAT much in such a relatively short space of time. And only now have I acknowledged it.
Not quite sure where I'm going with this post. But at the very least I can use it as a bookmark so that I know where I stand and what I need to do next.