Originally Posted by
Tertor It does not seem to trigger me, although perhaps that is because I was a wine drinker. I have just found it a nice go-to drink in restaurants when socializing.
I'm exactly the same as this. Former wine drinker looking for something to drink when socializing. Never liked beer. if the choice was really crappy wine (like a dance bar) or beer, I wouldn't order anything. Or I'd order a beer and nurse it.
A virgin bloody would probably trigger me more than a NA beer.
So I feel it's ok for me to drink NA beer because I don't have any bad thoughts or behaviors with it. I'm not pretending it's a real thing.
However I will abstain due to the collective experience here.
I don't go out that often, so I guess I'll order a diet soda (Yuk) or bottled water.
PS- I started a thread soon after I joined SR about what to drink when you go out. It had some ideas in there.