Drinking Alone… what’s the Stigma?

First, congratulations to all took part in DJ, successfully or unsuccessfully. We all learned something!

For me, as someone who absolutely drank FAR too much, the 4 week reset was much needed and I intend to reduce going forwards. I’ll see these last few days out and it’ll be my biggest dry spell since I started drinking. But I am looking forward to enjoying a few glasses of wine of an evening!!

I noticed from this subreddit (and others focused around alcohol consumption) is that drinking alone is a no-no. This always interests me, because I love to drink alone. Taking a glass of red with me as I indulge in a bubble bath, or cracking open a bottle in front of the TV to watch with a movie, it’s honestly kind of ‘me’ time. My husband may be with me (he doesn’t drink but sure loves THC), or he might be playing video games in another room and I’ll be unwinding in front of my show.

I have plenty of friends, close and acquaintance - we socialise often and most of them drink! I’m happy to drink or not on those occasions

So I’m not counting down the days to hitting the bar at a weekend or a boozy dinner with friends. I’m looking forward to my favourite wine, at home, all cozy and relaxed. I don’t see that as any ‘worse’…

Can anyone else relate or am I missing something?!

TLDR - drinking alone is self care to me and not a lonely experience but rather my relaxing time.