What do you drink instead?

[LibraryGirl]

What do you drink instead?

I need to find a substitute as well! Drank so much coffee and diet pepsi last night, I stayed up till 3 am playing games, then couldn't sleep, took Advil PM, and now up at 3:30 pm in the afternoon, feeling like I'm hungover. Not at all what I wanted to feel like after NOT drinking!!!!!!

[Jolie]

What do you drink instead?

Now that it's cold out and winter, I drink 1 cup of decaf coffee at night. During the day, lots of ice water with fresh lemon juice (sorry but fresh really is better!). With dinner, I drink a glasss of diet cranberry juice. Funny thing is it looks like wine but tastes a whole heck of a lot better!

[lil.michelle]

What do you drink instead?

Tonic water with lemon!

[WastrelWallow]

What do you drink instead?

Badoit. Got a batch cheap. 1 litre at a time. Love it!

[Kaslo]

What do you drink instead?

I am a big fan of orange juice with soda water, and a slice of lime, OR orange juice with ginger ale and a bit of lime. Canberry and pomegranate juice by Oceanspray, if you can get it, is the perfect substitute for red wine, and it DOES taste better.

[Nelz]

What do you drink instead?

Kaslo;1268776 wrote: I am a big fan of orange juice with soda water, and a slice of lime, OR orange juice with ginger ale and a bit of lime. Canberry and pomegranate juice by Oceanspray, if you can get it, is the perfect substitute for red wine, and it DOES taste better.

Now THAT sounds deeeeelish!

[Rags]

What do you drink instead?

Have you thought about investing in a juicer and try different juice and veggie combinations?

KT has a few interesting ones, and there are heaps of sites on the net.....

Juicer Recipes - Juicing for Health
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[mario]

What do you drink instead?

I drink herbal teas & water :-)

[canadian gal]

What do you drink instead?

Hey Sausage,

I suggested ginger tea. I make it fresh. Just cut up some fresh ginger, add hot water, cover for 20 minutes (to get all the good stuff into the water) and drink. I actually add cold water to it after 20 minutes to make it warm, then add honey. If you add honey when it's hot, the honey loses the good qualities. I also add some goji berries...4 is enough. BUT don't drink ginger tea at night as it will keep you up.

[canadian gal]

What do you drink instead?

I also drink Artichoke tea from Vietnam. It is REALLY great for the liver. And it's delicious!

[SAUSAGE]

What do you drink instead?

Hi

Thanks everyone - I stocked up on some of your suggestions this morning- but if you think of anything else, please feel free to add it as I'll keep coming back to check the thread.

What really got to me this morning was I came back from the shops with (amongst other stuff) a bottle of that POM pomegranate juice, and Mr Sausage saw it and said " hmm, that stuff is really expensive you know!!" to which I replied "yes but not as expensive as a bottle of wine" - which he buys by the case load !!!

[Willow23]

What do you drink instead?

Today I'm drinking sparkling water with fresh sliced lemon like there's no tomorrow lol.

[Miklo]

What do you drink instead?

mollyka;1268913 wrote: Was sort of pondering over this one when I saw it yesterday. When I started getting sober a coupla years ago I was 'substituting' booze with all sorts of concoctions and variations on a theme, but this time - I dunno, I don't really know why, but I feel I don't want to 'substitute' anything. Drinking when you're thirsty is normal - tea coffee and water best of all during the day and maybe a cuppa tea in the evening after my dinner, but all that liquid at night to 'substitute' for the booze liquid I used to take in?? It's not normal to me, so I don't do it. If I occasionally find myself in the company of drinkers or in a pub or restaurant, purely to keep peeps from tormenting me trying to buy me 'a drink' or whatever, I will have a sparkling water in front of me - but that's it. I don't want anything instead of alcohol, I want the whole scene out of my life, rituals and all. That's just me tho

I feel you on this one, the first couple days I went for the substitue, but now I am leaning towards not having one. But tea is always good, coffee, and I would take one of my "rocks" glasses and fill with ice, then 3/4 full with tonic water, then a splash of crabberry, then a squeeze of lime and drop it in. A little stir then drink.

[scottish lass]

What do you drink instead?

Earl Grey tea to start, then water and lemon juice thru day, evening - if cold weather apple cider (i can get a nice powder mix to stir into hot water) - hot weather, ginger ale or sparkling water with lemon.
I keep buying other things to try but not much working!
Will add the ocean spray to my shopping list thou, sounds interesting.
I do like AF beer on really hot day, and Fre does an AF sparkling wine which isn't as horrid as AF wine, and has passed when I have tried to fake it once or twice!