How To Stop Drinking Alcohol Every Night - Priory Group

If you've been spending time searching online for information on how to stop drinking alcohol every night, you may have started to become a little concerned about your drinking habits.

Within this blog, we'll help you to identify whether your drinking is something to be concerned about. We'll also look at different approaches to you can use to stop drinking alcohol every night, which range from at-home strategies, to professional addiction support and treatment. The approach that will be most suitable for you will depend on a number of factors, which we will also look into.

Drinking alcohol every night - a sign of problem drinking?

While many believe that a glass of wine with dinner or a single beer in the evening isn’t something that's necessarily a problem, there are a few things to think about:

• Do you drink more than 14 units a week? Drinkaware guidelines advise that it's safest not to drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week on a regular basis. 14 units of alcohol equates to 6 medium glasses of wine or 6 pints of beer a week. Drinking more than 14 units of alcohol every week leaves you at a higher risk of binge drinking or becoming addicted to alcohol in the future
• Have you gradually been drinking more in the evenings? If you've gone from one drink to having a few drinks every night, this could be a sign your body is craving alcohol and has developed a tolerance to alcohol, meaning that you need more of it to feels its effects. This can leave you at risk of drinking even more as time goes on, which can lead to physical dependency
• Are you using alcohol as a coping mechanism? Some people use alcohol as a way of dealing with their thoughts and feelings. They may drink when they feel stressed or anxious, when they feel bad about themselves, or to block out certain memories. Using alcohol in this way doesn’t help to solve the issue and will only ever numb or mask it for a while. It can also result in you dealing with alcohol dependency issues later on down the line
• Are you drinking every night at home? If you’re drinking at home every evening, away from other people, this kind of concealed drinking can lead to you drinking more over time

If you're drinking alcohol every night, the above factors show that this can be risky, regardless of how much you're consuming. By getting information on how to stop drinking alcohol every night, and applying it to your life, you can start to take steps to reduce the risk of alcohol having, or continuing to have, a damaging impact on your health and wellbeing.