tipping the bottle

When you are drinking and alcoholic substance.

He was tipping the bottle after an aa meeting

Tipping The Bottle

To "tip the bottle" is to make a mistake, usually drastic. The phrase derives its meaning from the idea that spilling a bottle of liquor or beer is a major fuck-up; tipping (or rather spilling) the bottle.

Tipping The Bottle: "Damn, Draco and Beau tipped the bottle again, I knew we couldn't trust them to do what we asked!"