See the note on 1 Samuel 1:2. She means that wine was not the cause of her present discomposure, but grief of heart.

NO, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit ... —Calvin, quoted by Erdmann, well remarks here: “Consider the modesty …

And Hannah answered and said, no, my lord
That is not my case, you have greatly mistaken it; she answered with great…

Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God allows us, in prayer, not only to ask …