Are Non Alcoholic Beers a gateway drug?
Uff. This is always a hot debate. I personally do not drink them. What would my motive to drink one be other than to feel and look like I'm drinking alcohol? I can't think of one, and what it really comes down to at the end of the day is your motives.
Recently though, I ordered a non-alcoholic Bloody Mary at brunch with some sober friends. Someone else ordered one, so I figured it was an OK/safe thing to do. Took two sips and it immediately felt too much like drinking alcohol for me to handle. So, I put it down and don't see myself drinking a virgin Bloody Mary anywhere in the near future.
But that's my own plan/experience. Also, just a last thought-- NA beer does have a slight bit of alcohol in it. So keep that in mind.
Recently though, I ordered a non-alcoholic Bloody Mary at brunch with some sober friends. Someone else ordered one, so I figured it was an OK/safe thing to do. Took two sips and it immediately felt too much like drinking alcohol for me to handle. So, I put it down and don't see myself drinking a virgin Bloody Mary anywhere in the near future.
But that's my own plan/experience. Also, just a last thought-- NA beer does have a slight bit of alcohol in it. So keep that in mind.
Our alcoholic mind is a subtle, powerful thing...and it's always working overtime. N A beers are a way of that mind setting one up for a relapse...maybe not right away, but it shows sobriety, a new way of life, a new way of thinking and acting is not the priority....it is a very small win for the AV, and will open the door for more subtle sabotage....IMO, if sobriety is your priority, stay away from it. Why mess around with this?
confession time
I was actully going to start a new thread about this. After spending a day working in the yard I told the wife a beer would taste good right now. She suggested I try na beer
why not? I got me a case. Found out it's more expensive than regular beer. Unless beer prices shot up since Decembr. I felt like one of the guys roofing in Shaw Shank Redemption. Then I found myself pounding them down.
I'm done with that experiment. It was like old days, one in hand and one on deck. Kept drinking them till they were gone. Went back to just water today.
It was like picking up where I left off. Way too risky. Never again.
why not? I got me a case. Found out it's more expensive than regular beer. Unless beer prices shot up since Decembr. I felt like one of the guys roofing in Shaw Shank Redemption. Then I found myself pounding them down.
I'm done with that experiment. It was like old days, one in hand and one on deck. Kept drinking them till they were gone. Went back to just water today.
It was like picking up where I left off. Way too risky. Never again.
Beer actually looks and tastes bad to me now; when I drank beer after 1 or 2 they all tasted the same and got worse. Some say they like the taste of beer. Ok, I will accept that, but for me it smells, looks like something that came out of a toilet or horse, and most have a chemical after taste. It makes you fart and gives you diarreha. To kill the bad taste many serve it extra cold and with salty food like pizza, peanuts, or chips. If you let it stand around at room temperature it really starts to stink. I just don't get craft beers and trying to make it taste better by adding citrus (lime, lemon, orange). If you want to try NA beer as an alcoholic you MUST REALLY LIKE THE TASTE huh?
The non alcoholic beer and wine are too expensive for one thing. I always bought Natural Ice Light that tasted awful but was cheap and did the trick. Also $2 wine at Walmart. I didn't drink because of taste..just the high. After awhile I didn't even get that. That's why I recently quit.
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I've never had it, and enjoy things not associated to alcohol in any way, shape or form. Why bring back the memories of something that brought so much havoc? I listened to what people had to say who had much more sober experience than I. I had to trust a lot of things....but I'm glad I did.
I always preferred wine so the NA beers don't have much appeal to me. I've tried them on occasion but they instantly give me a raging headache. I'm not sure what that is about, but it is awful. I stick to water. I also once heard something great from a fellow alcoholic, he said "look, it says right on the label that it is for non-alcoholics!"
I think we all preferred the taste at some point but there has to be a line drawn its called beer makes me feel uncomfortable just knowing that its the cousin of something that nearly killed me read dees posts even with the strength I have dee posts make me stronger
I am reminded of an AA member that loved this sparkling non-alcoholic drink as it was a substitute for her favourite sparkling wine. She relapsed after 2 years of sobriety when she decided she needed something harder....
I use to drink some NA Beer. I haven't since I actually got serious about being sober. I did a comparison and a bag of sauerkraut has more alcohol's in it then a NA beer.
My wife is a non drinker, so when we go out to dinner I use to have a NA beer with dinner. I say that because I was / am a closet drunk (I hide my problem.)
On the flip side when I did buy them as a "cure" to drinking real beer I would drink 12 of them. So in essence its a waste of time and money. I stick to water and powerade zero's.
My wife is a non drinker, so when we go out to dinner I use to have a NA beer with dinner. I say that because I was / am a closet drunk (I hide my problem.)
On the flip side when I did buy them as a "cure" to drinking real beer I would drink 12 of them. So in essence its a waste of time and money. I stick to water and powerade zero's.
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