Non-Alcoholic Beers Hi Guys, Just began drinking O'Doul's non-alcoholic beer. Thought it tasted just like the real thing, even though beer was not my drink of choice! Do not try them--they will get the addiction ball rolling again--don't take the chance Stupid me wondered why I was beginning to really look forward to my 6pm beer before dinner, actually thinking about having 2. This has been for the last month, now Stupid me finds that Non-Alcoholic beers are for Non-Alcoholics only. Just that 0.5% alcohol is enough to get our genetics to kick in and before you know it --bye, bye, sobriety. This is after 30 years---Yikes--of course this is out of my house now, but what was I thinking:a043: |
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Originally Posted by TrixMixer
(Post 3719839)
that 0.5% alcohol is enough to get our genetics to kick in and before you know it --bye, bye, sobriety. This is after 30 years---Yikes--of course this is out of my house now, but what was I thinking:a043: |
^ .5%, not 5%...just pointing that out cuz its a huge difference relatively speaking. |
Interesting.....this is not a comment for or against non-alcoholic beverages. But I'm curious..if one is to be worried about .5% alcohol in a beverage, then would that same person be worried about the .1% alcohol that exists in some fruit juices ( as in orange and apple juice ). I've read that water intoxication would occur before an actual "high". Don't get the mouthwash thing.....but to each his own :) Whatever works. |
The fruit juice argument is a bit of a red herring for me I'm afraid. I don't drink NA beer because it looks like beer, feels like a can of beer, it smells like beer, it has that same condensation thing on the can like a beer, the same fizz and foam when you pop the can, tastes like beer.... Then I used to wonder why I'd go out everytime and get 'real' beer. I was still knee deep in old behaviours, and didn't even realise it. As a former beer drinker I know it ticks all the boxes for me, and opens the door to old behaviour and old thought paterns. I don't recommend it. D |
personally it wouldnt matter to me it it was 0% alcohol. i find it not wise to ask the lord to lead me from temptation, then walk into it. |
Thanks for that input D. I'm definitely not trying to stir anything up. I have just always wondered where a person draws a line. I suppose it's different for everyone. |
I would prefer a cup of tea! Not interested in fake beer. Why risk it? Tastes like, looks like...... I spent long enough trying to forget about the stuff.:whoop |
Reminds me of the saying..... " if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....." |
Originally Posted by Ghostly
(Post 3720011)
^ .5%, not 5%...just pointing that out cuz its a huge difference relatively speaking. Non-Alcoholic beer is for Non-Alcoholic people. |
Boleo - Did you mean to quote me in your post? * EDIT * Just like that, the post above this disappeared... oddly enough, I originally wrote about how that was going to happen. |
Originally Posted by Ghostly
(Post 3720367)
Boleo - Did you mean to quote me in your post? Two 5% or .5% are equally useless to me. It would only trigger a craving for more, lots more. |
^ Oh, ok, gotcha. I didn't see the correlation. |
some people are so sensitive to alcohol that some perfumes shouldn't be used. the kindling effect is real. |
Originally Posted by Ghostly
(Post 3720011)
^ .5%, not 5%...just pointing that out cuz its a huge difference relatively speaking. |
Non-alcoholic beer is for non-alcoholics! |
Originally Posted by Spawn
(Post 3721638)
Non-alcoholic beer is for non-alcoholics! Did you know that ? I did not, and I think their should be a warning attached. I have been sober for 25 years and if "the light did not go off" I might be back to drinking again. I have not had a beer for 3 nights now and the first night it really bothered me. I was not aware of any "kindling" effect until I read it here. I thought "non-alcoholic beers" were safe as a substitute for having a drink with others without the worry of alcohol.How about if I continued to drink these beers, went back to the hard stuff, and hurt someone in an accident. I think a company like this could be libel. A warning should be placed that say's just that "non-alcoholic drinks are for NON-ALCOHOLICS ONLY" |
Seriously, there needs to be some warning. .5%? so about 10 of those equals an alcoholic beer, interesting. |
What's the point though? To look like you're actually drinking beer? |
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