Cheers to nonalcoholic beer & new adventures!

Recovery
#23

Okay I'm going to sound like the negative bad guy here but it only comes from years of experience. I would caution you to think real hard about going down the non-alcoholic beer road.

I've known several cases of people who really thought that they had won over by drinking non-alcoholic beer. One day when they were in the right frame of mind they simply got bored with it and switched back to the real thing.

Beer is an acquired taste. I have not known any alcoholics after years of being sober who said that they liked the taste of non-alcoholic beer. There are many options out there without having to drink non-alcoholic beer. And there really are many ways to have fun out there without being around people that have chose not to give it up.

I'm also not ashamed to sit around drinking a soda pop or whatever while everyone else around me is drinking an alcoholic beverage. Drinking non-alcoholic beverages around people who are drinking alcohol gets really bored after a while. We're just not seeing through the same lenses.

That's all I'll say for now. And just remember, if you hang around a barbershop long enough you're going to get a haircut!

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#24

In addition to what I said up above, I don't go to bars to have a good time. If I find myself in a bar it's because I have a legitimate reason for being there such as business or maybe an employer wants to have a luncheon, etc.

Nobody that I hang around with drinks alcoholic beverages. We all laugh and have a good time without them. I don't miss the bar scene anymore for sure.

I'm a real alcoholic and I've had near death experiences because of my level of intoxication. I simply have no business being anywhere where they sell alcohol or drinking anything that remotely tastes like what I used to drink. For me it's like playing Russian Roulette.

Peace

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#25

Wow! Too close for comfort.

#26

I ate a piece of candy today that tasted like bourbon; my poison. I felt guilty even though it had no alcohol. If you used to drink bourbon avoid the round chocolates in Sees candy!!

#27

It has 0.05% alcohol actually

#28

Yes

#29

I feel you. I’m a mocktail person. It’s easy honestly. I don’t feel like I’m missing out because I have my own “festive” drink. I also wasn’t a daily drinker though.