Current Events > I'm four and a half months sober, and am enjoying a nice cold beer right now.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Recovering alcoholic. 136 days sober, which is around 4.5 months.

It's this: https://weeatthings.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/becks-blue.jpg
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dont do it buddy
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Balrog0 posted...

dont do it buddy

After recovery I think he deserves a drink now and again. I do believe some people can get it under control.

Not EVERY person who EVER had a drinking issue can never touch alcohol again after they deal with their issues. That's the most extreme cases.
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Why reopen a wound you worked so hard to close?
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Literally nobody ITT actually clicked the picture. And congrats TC, keep it up
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ASithLord7 posted...

Literally nobody ITT actually clicked the picture. And congrats TC, keep it up

D'oh.

I still stand by this statement though

Not EVERY person who EVER had a drinking issue can never touch alcohol again after they deal with their issues. That's the most extreme cases.

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lol

I myself haven't had a drink since Jan 23, which puts me at... 129 days

ASithLord7 posted...

Literally nobody ITT actually clicked the picture. And congrats TC, keep it up

Thanks! I intend to.

TrollSlayer11 posted...

D'oh.

I still stand by this statement though

Not EVERY person who EVER had a drinking issue can never touch alcohol again after they deal with their issues. That's the most extreme cases.

This is probably true, and people have told me I could probably drink again as long as I don't let it become a problem, but my case was very extreme so if that is something I can do in the future, it's still a long way away. Not bothered by this though. It's nice to be able to think clearly for the first time in about seven years.
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Bump.
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Enjoying another one of the beers I mentioned in the OP again tonight.
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The Eternal Flame posted...

Enjoying another one of the beers I mentioned in the OP again tonight.

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but what's the point of drinking those?

Feline_Heart posted...

The Eternal Flame posted...

Enjoying another one of the beers I mentioned in the OP again tonight.

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but what's the point of drinking those?

Some near-beer is actually pretty good.
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Feline_Heart posted...

The Eternal Flame posted...

Enjoying another one of the beers I mentioned in the OP again tonight.

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but what's the point of drinking those?

Haven't had that one myself, but taste, I'd assume

DrizztLink posted...

Feline_Heart posted...

The Eternal Flame posted...

Enjoying another one of the beers I mentioned in the OP again tonight.

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but what's the point of drinking those?

Some near-beer is actually pretty good.

But the point of drinking beer is the buzz, not really the taste. So what's the point of drinking alcohol free beer when you can drink literally any other non alcoholic drink? Wouldn't it tempt you to start drinking again more than any other beverage?

Feline_Heart posted...

But the point of drinking beer is the buzz, not really the taste

Sounds like someone has never sat down and enjoyed a nice craft beer

Ampelas posted...

Feline_Heart posted...

But the point of drinking beer is the buzz, not really the taste

Sounds like someone has never sat down and enjoyed a nice craft beer

every time anyone starts talking about craft beers all I can think of is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGJVTV6c8P8
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just walk away (even though one beer is good for your heart).
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Neoconkers posted...

every time anyone starts talking about craft beers all I can think of is this

Nah, I'm not elitist about beer, but if I have the opportunity to have a better tasting one, you bet I'll choose that.

Feline_Heart posted...

But the point of drinking beer is the buzz, not really the taste.

Some people like the taste of beer.
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TrollSlayer11 posted...

After recovery I think he deserves a drink now and again.

thing is, "recovery" is a binary state, either you're sober (no alcohol/whatever substance at all) or you're not. there's no in-between or "i can have a drink now and then" because the second you do that, you nullify all of the work and progress you put in

tc's drinking non-alcoholic beer (assuming for the taste), but it's all really just his mind setting up a justification for drinking alcohol somewhere down the line

the scary thing about relapsing as an alcoholic is that it happens without you necessarily even realizing it and all of a sudden finding yourself in the exact same hole you thought you'd climbed out of

HolierThanMao posted...

thing is, "recovery" is a binary state, either you're sober (no alcohol/whatever substance at all) or you're not. there's no in-between or "i can have a drink now and then" because the second you do that, you nullify all of the work and progress you put in

that's bullshit. the idea of "recovery" and need to be "sober" is also bullshit.

having an alcoholic drink doesn't nullify progress it demonstrates since now the issue is under control.

the idea that the second anyone who's EVER had a drinking problem will ALL turn into raging lunatics as soon as they touch a drink is so overblown and misguided. it takes everything to the extreme.
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TrollSlayer11 posted...

having an alcoholic drink doesn't nullify progress it demonstrates since now the issue is under control.

I agree with this, but I'm definitely not at the stage where I can live like that. If I drank something right now, I would go back to how I was before, which I never want again. Maybe in the distant future I can revisit it, but for now, it's off limits.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCsikvDqMjE
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All I can say is that people didn't like it when I did this.
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The Eternal Flame posted...

TrollSlayer11 posted...

having an alcoholic drink doesn't nullify progress it demonstrates since now the issue is under control.

I agree with this, but I'm definitely not at the stage where I can live like that. If I drank something right now, I would go back to how I was before, which I never want again. Maybe in the distant future I can revisit it, but for now, it's off limits.

Oh yeah wasn't talking about you in particular bro would never tell someone who is struggling to drink. I was originally responding to the other guy who entered the topic. I'm speaking in general terms not individual cases.
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TrollSlayer11 posted...

After recovery I think he deserves a drink now and again.

inb4relapse
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joe40001 posted...

All I can say is that people didn't like it when I did this.

That's because people don't like you.
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Well I failed the "did he read the OP" test.

I'm glad you didn't drink a real beer.
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Enjoying another non-alcoholic beer right now. Tastes GREAT.
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The Eternal Flame posted...

Enjoying another non-alcoholic beer right now. Tastes GREAT.

If you can find it, Clausthaler is probably the best NA beer out there.

http://premiumnearbeer.com/clausthaler-premium-non-alcoholic-lager-0-45-24x330ml-bottles/

IIRC the Amber is the best.
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You do realize that even non-alcoholic beers do still have some alcohol content, right? It's not 100% removed. It's just like 0.5% instead of 5%. You can get drunk from enough non-alcoholic beer.
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Aristoph posted...

You do realize that even non-alcoholic beers do still have some alcohol content, right? It's not 100% removed. It's just like 0.5% instead of 5%. You can get drunk from enough non-alcoholic beer.

I wasn't aware of this, but it looks like Becks Blue has 0.05% alcohol. I feel like I've broken my streak now. Sigh.
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The Eternal Flame posted...

Aristoph posted...

You do realize that even non-alcoholic beers do still have some alcohol content, right? It's not 100% removed. It's just like 0.5% instead of 5%. You can get drunk from enough non-alcoholic beer.

I wasn't aware of this, but it looks like Becks Blue has 0.05% alcohol. I feel like I've broken my streak now. Sigh.

It's basically impossible to get drunk off NA beer.

I mean, it's technically there, but you'd have to slam like 10 of them in under 15 minutes to equal one regular beer.
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I don't think you need to think of it as "breaking your streak" some lemonades have close to that level of alcohol. Like 5 sprites might get you up to that level.

It does kinda defeat the purpose if you feel like you can't drink NA Beer without breaking your sobriety.
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DrizztLink posted...

The Eternal Flame posted...

Aristoph posted...

You do realize that even non-alcoholic beers do still have some alcohol content, right? It's not 100% removed. It's just like 0.5% instead of 5%. You can get drunk from enough non-alcoholic beer.

I wasn't aware of this, but it looks like Becks Blue has 0.05% alcohol. I feel like I've broken my streak now. Sigh.

It's basically impossible to get drunk off NA beer.

I mean, it's technically there, but you'd have to slam like 10 of them in under 15 minutes to equal one regular beer.

That's going to be a lot of peeing.

There's more alcohol in a fresh yeast roll.