Hi Truthseeker, you might be interested to learn that there is research correlating an increased desire to drink with PMS. That said, that doesn’t mean you SHOULD drink! — it just means that you need to be aware that your desire to drink will be most pronounced when you are premenstrual.

Related to this: I’m sure you aware that the underlying hormonal issues that cause PMS (an oestrogen imbalance, for example) are exacerbated by alcohol use. For women, drinking any alcohol at all can play havoc with our hormones and the more you drink — like it or no, advertisers, wine is NOT a woman’s friend! — the more chaotic your physiological response to alcohol becomes. Really, for women, alcohol abuse hits harder and takes longer than it does for men to recover from for a whole host of reasons, but a factor that is very much at play is our constant hormonal fluctuations, which are made much more difficult to deal with thanks to the considerable physical, neurological and endocrinal impacts of alcohol. I am a peri-menopausal woman myself and I can tell you this: I have been vastly more stable since I stopped drinking, although I’m by no means out of the woods yet.

Please, please, PLEASE stop drinking. From one woman to another: alcohol is deadly. Feel free to PM me if you need me, although I may not reply today.