Does anyone else have the obsessive thought that they’re accidentally going to drink, like in the most ridiculous ways? I was just eating strawberries that had been sitting in their juice and actually thought to myself “this has been sitting in the fridge for a few days, could that juice have fermented into alcohol and I accidentally drink?” I am constantly laughing at the wild mess that goes on in this brain 
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I don’t think that’s how fermentation works…
Not that exactly, but I dream that I drink and wake up just sure I drank the night before even looking in all my hiding spots for booze bottles. Sometimes it takes a minute to realize it was just a dream and I'm still sober.
Then I have to readjust my whole thinking process from drinker to non drinker again. It's very weird.
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I sometimes have random weird thoughts or dreams about using again. Something pops in my head and it makes me question myself and where I’m at.
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I think it's a feeling of lack of control. Remember you made the decision to be sober. Accidentally drinking won't happen if you aren't going places you shouldn't at least in the beginning. There's so much vulnerability too in the beginning.
I've had similar thoughts and dreams about cigarettes before. Sometime I was sooooo upset with myself until I realized it was just a dream.
Our brains are definitely a weird thing….lol never had thoughts like strawberry fermentation but I have had my wife and friends taste seltzer water ordered at dinner to make sure there was no liquor in them.
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Lol yes! I ordered a virgin pina colada and was paranoid there was alcohol in it!
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I feel like the nightmares have gotten better over time. Over 15 months and it getting better for me. 
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My brain is an adventure for sure
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All the time lol
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Understand completely
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Yep it still happens on rare occasions and I’ve been sober for 29 yrs lol. Just goofy thoughts
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Oh I know. But unfortunately, I saw them making wine out of fruit on some prison show and my crazy brain picked it up haha
yes! The soda water when you’re out. I don’t go out much but I’ve had that same thought!
Yeah I’ve got almost 4 years, at this point I find the little intricacies of sobriety quite amusing. Gotta laugh about it!
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I’ve got almost 4 years so they’re definitely never a wanting to drink thing. I honestly find this kind of stuff funny.
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I had a (non-sober) friend jump on my case about drinking kombucha, saying it had alcohol. Turns out that it does have some naturally-occurring alcohol, because it is fermented, but it's about the same as NA beer (0.5% instead of 5.0%). You'd have to drink ten times the amount of liquid to even equal one beer.
I don't drink it daily, but only a couple of times a week to regulate my internal gut biome. My friend pointing out that it had alcohol did have me worried at first.
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Every time I order a mock tail or just a virgin something I have to ask a few times and have someone taste it. It’s a real thing love.
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This almost happened to me over the summer!! Bunch of people hanging out w different drinks, same solo cups, and I kept thinking "what of I pick up the wrong one !? I just quietly found a marker and doodled on mine so there would be no mistake!! 
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