Have your say: Are you drinking more or less in lockdown?

Take-home alcohol sales are up 40%. We want to hear about your changing habits

Are you drinking more or less frequently? Photograph: iStock

Tue Apr 21 2020 - 10:21

With pubs closed and everyone stuck at home, off-licences are doing a booming trade. The sale of take-home alcohol in recent weeks is almost 40 per cent higher than it was in the same period last year, new figures show.

How have your drinking habits changed in lockdown? Are you drinking more or less frequently? More or fewer units? Alone or socially, either with members of your household or on video chats with friends and family? Are you enjoying the change? Or are you concerned about your new habits? We’d like to hear from readers.

You can share your experiences using this form. If you are reading this on the Irish Times app you can access the form here.

A selection of responses may be published on irishtimes.com.