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Old 11-24-2021, 11:23 PM
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What's your favorite go to drink during sobriety ?

I have started loving chilled milk (Lactaid to be precise) especially when cravings hit. I immediately start feeling better.
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Old 11-25-2021, 12:37 AM
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Nothing beats a good cup of tea.
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Old 11-25-2021, 12:43 AM
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Chilled milk for me too calmself. Straight out of the carton! Milk was a bit of a luxury when I was a kid maybe the reason. Luxurious milk. Glug.

Lots more water nowadays and it has helped me heaps. Good old Sydney tap water.

Fancy dinners I go for sparkling water.
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Old 11-25-2021, 12:45 AM
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Agree, Robbie. Love me cuppaRosieLea. (rhyming slang for tea) . Ancient rap. Haha
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Caffeine free diet coke if I want to party! But starting my day with water and then a pineapple banana spinach and vanilla almond milk smoothie is tops.
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10 parts diet orange soda without the caffeine mixed with 1 part orange juice with pulp. It's intense, but it has nothing to do with cravings. I don't get them anymore. I just keep a large supply on hand because it's like a taste explosion.
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Seltzer/Club soda.
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Old 11-25-2021, 06:17 AM
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San Pelligrino Clementina Soda.
Hot tea
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Old 11-25-2021, 07:06 AM
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Diet ginger beer. It's not cheap ($10/6-pack), but it's been a favorite since I was a little kid and my Dad put a ginger beer in my Christmas stocking. That, and a ton of sugar free iced tea and Gatorade Zero.
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Water, tropical juice (not from concentrate) with soda water, green tea, coffee, SlimFast strawberry shake
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Seltzer with lime and lots of ice.
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Coffee and orange juice.
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Old 11-25-2021, 11:23 AM
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I drink lots of water. I love Caffeine Diet Coke, but limit drinking it to driving trips in the car. I love Canada Dry Diet cranberry gingerale.......love a goblet of it when enjoying my bubblebath by candle light.
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Old 11-25-2021, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by calmself View Post
I have startedl loving chilled milk (Lactaid to be precise) especially when cravings hit. I immediately start feeling better.
I have a few. I love kombucha (GT Trilogy), coffee (cappuccino or cold brew), and lately I can’t get enough of the Dr. Pepper zero-sugar cream soda hybrid lol.
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Caffeine free diet pepsi. Seltzer water and peanut butter/bananna smoothies on workout days.
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Zevia Ginger Root Beer!! I also enjoy La Croix Lemon sparkling water mixed with spiced apple cider....really nice holiday drink. But the Root Beer is my "special" drink which reminds me of Sarsaparilla I first enjoyed at Disneyland when I was 13 years old. I think that connecting with my younger self who enjoyed a beverage that was not alcohol, is meaningful to me now.
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Old 11-25-2021, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Robbie64 View Post
Nothing beats a good cup of tea.
I’ll admit (and I’ll probably get told off for this) I used to drink alcohol free beer, but that’s lost its appeal, and I haven’t drunk any for months. Good, it’s not cheap. Now I’m like Robbie and crave for tea or even coffee with soy milk.

I was working away recently and ate a lot at a southern Indian restaurant. The clientele was mainly Indians, and I always had masala tea with my meal, much to the annoyance of the kitchen staff who said it took ages to make! Anyway, I went a few weeks back, and there was a table of white guys (I was normally the only one in there) all drinking beer with their meal. I didn’t even realise the restaurant served beer! A few years ago, that would’ve been my first question.
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Peppermint tea before bed and hot lemon water after meals sometimes.
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Old 11-25-2021, 03:11 PM
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Very interesting choices and I will try them going forward. But I got to admit the Ginger Beer 10$ for a 6 pack seems pretty expensive to me
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Old 11-25-2021, 03:30 PM
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Earl Grey Tea in the morning
Very strong coffee in the afternoon
My own recipe of fresh grated ginger with star anise and lemon drunk hot in the evening.
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