I’ve been all over the map on this one. No drinks for a decade straight. Weekend drinker for a few years. Then daily drinker for a few years. Now back to weekends. Always almost exclusively wine.
My body is definitely diff with daily vs weekend drinking.
– I drink a whole lot more water when drinking daily.
– I wake up with my pillow drenched when I drink daily.
– I end up having to take Imodium daily (obvious reason) when I drink daily.
Which got me to thinking – my body must know I’m doing it if it is reacting to it. So I quit drinking daily.
When I drink Fri-Sat evenings only, as I do now, all those things go away.
Also, drinking increases cancer risk – especially breast cancer – a shocking amount. Can’t remember the cutoff, like 5-7 drinks a week or something like that.
As for helping one sleep, that is definitely true for me! But I’ve discovered a good substitute M-F…an hour at the gym. Makes me sleep just as well.
