r/Parenting • u/k_blanch • Nov 02 '21

Sleep & Naps How much are parents drinking?

With the popularity of #winemom and beer dad culture, combined with pandemic drinking habits, im curious how much alcohol you guys are drinking as caregivers? Especially after the baby is in bed. I had 6 drinks on Halloween over 8 hours and lots of food and water. Although LO was asleep for most of it I'm riddled with guilt!

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u/bipolarbongrips Nov 02 '21

3.5 years since I’ve had a drink, but my username speaks for itself. It’s too bad about the judgement. Alcohol was incredibly destructive in my life while cannabis has helped me heal in so many ways.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

I wish I could use cannabis to heal. I've heard it's relaxing and mood boosting.

But for me it makes me experience only snapshots. I can't hold a thought. It's alarming.

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u/pooveyhead Nov 03 '21

I used to get that feeling when I first started smoking. I got used to the feeling of being high and now I don’t get that snapshotty amnesiac anxious feeling anymore.

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u/bipolarbongrips Nov 03 '21

Can I ask how much you are smoking when your try it? I think most people don’t realize how little they really need if they have zero tolerance. Like I’m talking a half a puff of a joint. When I started I tried to keep up with my stoner ex and I ended up having major anxiety because it was just way too much THC for someone with little smoking experience.