Improved health and lifestyle from quitting drinking

One month in the books. Some days easier than other, some things where it just seemed natural to have a drink are tougher than others. Going to a gaming convention at a hotel this weekend so that should present some challenges.

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Buy an appropriate tanker and fill it with your preferred drink. If someone asks, you tell them it’s ā€œOrc Swillā€ (or whatever antagonist is appropriate for the game you’re there for).

I was thinking the hotel bar might present more problems than the gaming sessions. I do plan on bringing a cooler full of drinks though.

Do it like the gays do, say you’re doing GHB and you can’t drink (because you’ll die).

Do you like mixers? I find it very easy to just get bloody mary mix or cranberry juice and that’s the part I like better about the drinks with those in them anyway.

Yeah I can order a tonic and lime or something similar.

My favorite drink at hotel bars is gingerale and cranberry juice, over ice, with a twist of lime. I rarely have all the ingredients at home, and it’s delicious.

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Cranberry soda w a lime. that would be good.

tonic & lime. most things and lime are good.

if NA beers are present and you don’t object to them, they are also good and I find i drink them far slower than I do a diet coke or the 3 oz of liquid and 5 oz of ice in some of the other drinks. keeps me from having 500 diet cokes

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Stop judging me.

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Diet Soda has never been my thing. I’ve never liked the taste. I guess I’ll try the motto of you can’t have 2 if you don’t have 1.

I don’t care for Diet Coke if Coke Zero is an option, but I drink it. I shouldn’t.

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2 months and counting. Going to be a little weird not making Black & Tans or taking Bushmills shots for St. Patty’s day but here we are.

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Closing in on 4 months. In many ways it’s been easier than I thought thought gotta admit some days I’m like damn a beer would be nice. I’m surprised I’ve found a few NA beers that actually like: the Laganitis IPNA, Buckler and Clausthauler have all been decent and unlike regular beer its easy to stop at 1.

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Keep an eye out for Krombacher, erdinger, Heineken, Sam Adams and Kaliber NA beer if you haven’t already tried them.

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Well seeing as Heinekin was one of the few beers I disliked I probably won’t be looking for that. Think I’ve had Kaliber in past but don’t remember it. The others I’ll keep an eye out for. The place that sells Buckler may also carry Erdinger (I’ve seen the alcoholic version there) but I haven’t seen a Sam or Krobacher at any of my regular stores but I’ll keep an eye out.

I also don’t like regular Heinekin. Their 0.0% is a very different though.

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what exactly is tasty about beer without the alcohol?

I’d rather drink coke zero

Some of actually like the taste of beer believe it or not. As for Diet Coke or Coke Zero I have no intention of ever intentionally drink that again.

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some Stockholm syndrome shit

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Hey now! :yellow_card: