Well done mate 👍🏻
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Well done to those in this thread turning their lives around from addiction. You have every right to feel proud of that.
Going back to the OP and 0% Guinness, I haven’t seen/tried it but I love an alcohol-free Erdinger or Clausthaler. There are loads of alcohol-free beers about now and new ones coming out all the time and are getting better IMO.
I've been alcohol free for a year now. Never had issues with alcohol just staying healthy. Gone veggie as well.
I ve tried a few zeros but prefer Koppenberg zero. A couple of times at the beginning I had a headache the next morning.
Wow.I'm not looking for a punch up here cause they are not the worst comments I've ever read but they are possibly the most ignorant.Once your an alcoholic its with you for life and doesn't get easier the longer your sober.Your just one drink away from oblivion again.Understanding and encouragement from your peers does help.
I see the point. It's just not a good one.
Effectively "I don't become addicted because I choose not to, I don't need to celebrate" etc
I probably used to think similar to this way when I was younger. But after my partner has opened my eyes to the **** that happens around here I've totally flipped my mentality.
This is common with xsnaggle. He'll often share an opinion on a subject that he has no knowledge or experience of, but as far as he's concerned it's just as valid as anyone else's because an opinion can't be wrong.
But of course it can be wrong, and he definitely is on this occasion.
We're all running our own race. What is a problem to one person is a walk in the park to another. Anyone who faces up to their own problem and gets the better of it, no matter what that may be, deserves support and encouragement.
Genuinely hope that those doing well with their own particular demons and addictions keep doing well and it works out for them.
You only have to scratch the surface and those demons are either already in all of us or a family or personal crisis away from being uncovered as a coping mechanism.
I also think that while some may not have a problem they sometimes wish they could drink a little less, maybe eat a little less or gamble a bit less cash. We're only human with all our flaws.
Well done to all on this thread for winning their battle. If people are struggling then posting here would be dealt with in right way I'm sure. CCMB excels in stuff like this. It isn't just anti board grumpy buggers like me. 😀
I'm sure many who drink have wished they hadn't or had drunk a few less when that hangover hits, they realise they've spent a shedload and can't remember half of the drinks or what they did coupled with the comedown and anxiety hitting.
You could insert recreational drugs with the same issues involved. Gambling is a different one but is clever in that it tailors to every income. You chase an amount that makes it exciting for you.
There is also the battle with giving up the beers and the like because it has always happened and is interwoven with what you do. Football especially.
Beers pre City for example. I couldn't imagine not meeting my mates and having a few pints pre game etc but hats off to the people who still go and immerse yourselves in that culture while staying sober.
A lot of the triggers and temptations are all around us so it is far from easy.
I firmly believe you.
I've never been at that level and hope I never am but it is easier than some think to end up in that situation. I've lost relatives to alcohol.
I'm sure many reading this thread can relate to vices and things they did at some point in their life that started out as a laugh and were fun but stopped being fun when it hit a certain level. I know I have.
Each to their own but I find the itch for a pint is for the alcoholic content rather than the motion of having a pint, so personally I'd go for the coke, although I don't think alcohol tastes particularly good and only drink it as a means to unwind and get drunk, I don't see the point of "having 1 or 2" after work either I'd rsrher not drink the 2 pints and have a coke.
Weird how we're all so different init.