Non Alchoholic drinks

[hadit]

As anyone tried Non A/L drinks? Beer or wine? Has anyone found it actually helped with giving up the booze or does it just send you on the downwood spiral to drinking alcohol again? I am about 3.5 weeks af now and have a party to go to Sat night and am thinking of non al beer. Have been using diet coke up till now. Just would like your opinions. Thanks.

[tawnyfrog]

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G'day Boozer,

I find an ice-cold stubby of Bundaberg Ginger Beer is a really good alternative. Have you tried it?

[startingover]

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Ginger beer is my tipple too. Diet coke or too much of it makes me a bit antsy and that doesnt help with the cravings for me either.

[DriftyAlison0]

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boozer;1299809 wrote: As anyone tried Non A/L drinks? Beer or wine? Has anyone found it actually helped with giving up the booze or does it just send you on the downwood spiral to drinking alcohol again? I am about 3.5 weeks af now and have a party to go to Sat night and am thinking of non al beer. Have been using diet coke up till now. Just would like your opinions. Thanks.

It depends on the person. Some can drink NA beer and AF wine and some can't. I myself is one of those who can drink NA beer and not want the real stuff. In fact a lot of the times that I want a beer its now a NA beer (I still get the ones for the real stuff but its not NA beer related) and I like the taste. The NA beer for me does the trick and I can get a 12 pack and have it last 3-4 days. I don't feel that I need to rush through it and I take my time drinking it. I say before the party get some NA beer and test yourself and if you can do it then great then you got yourself NA beer to drink, if you can't then you know that before the party and can stick to the Diet Coke (just make sure that you don't drink, I would recommend taking it home and not trying it at a bar just yet). And if it fails, dump the rest. I had my first NA beer at week 2 and although I was strong into the quit and know that I wasn't going to drink again, look at yourself and see if you feel strong enough to have NA beer. Like I said some people can't drink NA beer or AF wine. They can't because it makes them want the real stuff. Everyone though is different.

AF wine to me is ok but wine tends to be too sweet for me so I wasn't much of a wine drinker and its the same for the AF wine so I stick to NA beer and other AF drinks.

[myhappyplace]

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Hi Boozer. I was a wine drinker and found Edenvale Non Alcoholic Shiraz a nice option. The whites and bubbles were pretty gack. Although if you want something with a bit of fizz give the Bundy GB a go like Tawny said. Its really refreshing.

[hadit]

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Thanks Guys, I found your comments really helpful. I just find at the moment sitting around with a coke (and it does get a bit crappy after a couple) a bit odd, so I will give AF beer a go and GB!

[Nelz]

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I agree 100 percent with Drifty........with my workload increasing, I find myself drinking more of the NA beer. I consider myself very lucky to still be able to actually drink beer without AL


It REALLY helps the cravings

[Supercrew]

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I tried NA beer when I tried to quit about 13 years ago. I packed a cooler full to take to a tailgate party. I ended up drinking 15 NA beers in about 2 hours. It bloated me and made me feel like crap and didn't taste good. I was basically keeping up with the way I normally drank beer. Didn't work for me and now I stick with diet coke or ice tea. On the other forum I used to post on the big saying was "non-alcoholic beer is for non-alcoholics"...just saying.

[fennel]

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I enjoy an NA beer when I feel celebratory. O'Douls "amber " is actually pretty good!

[Supercrew]

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Here is my rule of thumb. If I like the taste I will drink what I like most, as long as is doesn't have alcohol in it. After 27 years of drinking beer for the effect, (I never really enjoyed the taste of beer, wine, or booze, aside from a magarita or a pina colada or some other sweet tasting drink), I realized that I don't like the taste. I drank beer, booze and wine for the effect and because everyone else did. So if I am not drinking for effect why drink something that doesn't taste great for me? I have also heard that some people think that drinking NA beer is a slippery slope and makes people want to drink the real thing.

[DriftyAlison0]

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Here are the NA beers that I drink.

Busch Na
Odouls both smooth and amber and sometimes I have Old Milwaukee NA too.

I have had others to.

[Nelz]

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fennel;1299991 wrote: I enjoy an NA beer when I feel celebratory. O'Douls "amber " is actually pretty good!

FOR SURE!


Thats my brand, unless Im feeling frugal....then its Bush NA

[Boh]

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Oh I drink it all!!

AF wine at special dinners
De alcoholized beer at parties or the bar
Labatts blue, Molson excell, O'Doules..... Mmmm

Oh my favourite is still Soda Water squeeze of lime...

Its all good, makes me fit in and feel great. Greatest invention after the blackberry...lol



Boh

[mylife]

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I was always a wine drinker when I drank AL. However I haven't found a good NA wine that I like. However, I do like NA beer. I find it refreshing and it feels like a "drink" even though it's not. I like St. Pauli NA. And like Drifty - I'm fine with just one or maybe two at the most.

[Nursie]

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It hadn't even occurred to me to get a non al wine or beer tonight while out with friends. But I sure love the reaction I got when I ordered a skinny bitch hold the vodka. (that means just seltzer with lime) lol. Broke the ice and made people laugh.