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Old 03-19-2017, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by HTown View Post
At first, for social events I was wondering the same as you. What I found was no one noticed or cared what I drank. Not even the heavy drinkers.
Guess what? No one has asked or noticed yet.
I wish it was this way for me, but sadly its not even close, I have quit several times in 5 years and when I attend family events when I am on the wagon it is always the same, them asking if I am pregnant, asking if I am sick, asking if I need a tylonal, and the constant asking me if I want a drink after I said several times I was fine. It left me feeling like I should either fake it or lie about it.
I think is one of those choices that if it works for you and fits into your comfort zone than there is probably no harm in it. I know for me I couldn't have a fake-beer without it leading to 11 real-beer after.
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Old 03-19-2017, 09:50 PM
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I think everyone is different in this regard and so while NA beer may be OK for some, for others it could be a trigger.

Personally i have had the odd one since quitting back in October, but like another poster said, i make sure to have the 0% stuff not the low alcohol ( some "non alcoholic" beers actaully have .5% alcohol). I didn't realize at one point that some actually had booze! I also would quit having them if i stared to drink them alcoholically- meaning buy a six pack and drink one after another. To me that's mimicing drinking. Big red flag.

But i think despite it not triggering me i want to mostly avoid it. The only reason i think its ok for me was that i never drank beer to get drunk and truly always liked the taste of it. I woukd stay away from the wine versions as that was my DOC. .
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