Jennifer Garner discusses drinking ‘the right amount’ of alcohol

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Garner chronicles her journey to limit alcohol intake.

In an Instagram Live session with pal Judy Greer, the two discussed their various drinking habits. Jennifer Garner admitted to drinking “almost every night,” while Greer prefers to drink only on weekends.

After welcoming twins Violet, 15, and Seraphina, 12; and son Samuel, 9, with ex-husband Ben Affleck, Garner stated that her alcohol intake escalated considerably.

“It was just like that little sip that I would have, and it felt like I’d earned it and I deserved it,” she said. “And then it feels like it’s become part of a code among moms, ‘Your wine, oh my gosh, you must be dying to have it!'”

The pandemic provided an opportunity for the 49-year-old to think about her lifestyle.

“I started thinking, I’m having a little bit every night and especially during the pandemic,” she said. “If I have half a glass every night, and if my half a glass is probably really a glass, that’s seven glasses a week, and say I have two on the weekends, then suddenly I’m close to 10 glasses of wine a week! And that raises your risk for cancer — it’s like, gosh, what is the right thing to do? What is the right amount?”

Garner thus resolved to abstain from drinking for ten weeks, with the exception of a few cheat days.