Trafford wrote:Start one then. I'm happy to post my opinions as I try them. |
At what point are you an alcoholic?
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Trafford 9,359 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNah, I have no interest in them. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThe thread started off with genuine concerns I think, but since its revival is definitely more about people being a bit more light-hearted about their booze consumption. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI mean, we could be all teeth gnashy / pearl clutchy about it, but I'm not convinced it would help anyone. -
Psiloc 6,368 posts
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Registered 14 years agoTbh I think the fact it drifted onto different alcohol free options and not "top 10 liquors and the correct, vast quantities to drink them in" is good enough -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoOn the subject of, the two I've tried tonight are...
Ambar 0.0%: Fine, probably equivalent to the Jupiler / Heineken. 3/5
St Peter's Without Gold: In the sink. I guess I could have drunk it if you'd forced me to. 1/5 -
IJ 1,028 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI switched to mostly non-alcoholic beer in 2019 when drinking at home. I now have one night where I have alcohol a week. Took me ages to find a good one but Big Drop Pale Ale is great, by far the best I’ve tried. I found all the mainstream ones undrinkable. Means I still have that ‘occasion’ drink each evening, because I also found everything else boring to drink. Lucky Saint is pretty good for lager as well.
I subscribe to big drop now and they drop a case every month.
Also not quite the same thing. But someone was saying it’s hard to find good non-surgery drinks. I found ‘L’mon’ is good. Has that sugary drink feeling but is pretty decent in terms of not too bad for sugar. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI have a few Big Drops here, but they're all 0.5% so I'll try them in February. -
IJ 1,028 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMy understanding was 0.5% was non-alcoholic (maybe not religious ok though). I read around when I was switching and I think it’s impossible to actually get drunk on 0.5% and even Coke has some alcohol in it.
Checked my L’mon cans, it’s 75% water, 24% fruit concentrate and 1% other shit. 7g of sugar a can but no fat and 35cal. Solid replacement for coke. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIt's my own rule, completely arbitrary. -
Dougs 100,414 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI bought a soda stream in the sales. Lime and soda has pretty much kicked my Pepsi Max habit. Now in the process of weaning myself down to soda only. It's been a game changer. -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPut bourbon in the soda steam. I’ve always wanted to know whether that would work -
QuickWithKnives 127 posts
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Registered 8 months agosmoothpete wrote:
I don’t think they did whiskey, but watch Ashens and Barry Lewis doing “Will it Sodastream?” on YouTube for a giggle.
Put bourbon in the soda steam. I’ve always wanted to know whether that would work -
mothercruncher 19,475 posts
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That was me, ta. Will keep an eye out for it. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHaving a Mikkeller Xtra Grapefruit. Is pretty good, retains some of that Mikkeller weirdness, just obviously no alcohol. 3.5 / 5.0
Edit - Tried a porter (Braxzz)... still a 100% record of undrinkable zero alcohol porters.
...followed by an utterly rank Doom Bar Zero. Why does all the darker stuff taste slightly of soy sauce?
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RawShark 2,207 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAnd that’s four weeks down for me and my fellow Dry January pilgrims. Personally the cravings have gone down considerably and I’m feeling pretty positive about being healthier going forward. Of course I’m saying that after a week off work so we’ll see how I go after I come back to a packed inbox on Monday.
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm somewhat concerned that I'm going to hit it hard when I go back.
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Immaterial 2,626 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHaving not drunk enough to lose control of my bladder whilst asleep, I consider my dry January nearly done. Poor old Liam Neeson though... -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI have thankfully never done that. I have thrown up though, which is significantly more dangerous. -
Vortex808 15,598 posts
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Registered 13 years agoPsychotext wrote:
I'd agree with this, 4 weeks in and I don't feel much different and have lost fuck all weight too. I have to say, I did expect to feel a bit chirpier after a month and that the lessening in junk calories through drink would have had some type of impact. Maybe the fact it's winter and I'm not out exercising fully due to cold, rainy shite weather & lockdown is partly to blame there.
Still really disappointed that I don't feel better though (and have lost fuck all weight).
It's been quite interesting though. With AF drinks available in the house, I don't *need* to have a beer, yet as time goes on without it, I would *really* rather like to have one.
I do intend to try to self-regulate a bit more going forward after the end of january and certainly have a non-alcoholic beer as a spacer between full fat hopped & malted beverages at the weekend for now. I think with getting truly fed up of lockdown, I could easily see myself going the other way and will try to kick against that. -
RawShark 2,207 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI’ve lost half a stone, which is nice, but not particularly noticeable.
The main thing I’ve noticed since removing alcohol is that I have a near constant tension headache, especially when I wake up in the mornings. It puts a bit of a downer on the whole trying to be healthy thing. I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of it, but it’s not dehydration or diet, and I don’t think it’s related to stress. It’s a bit of a worry. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm wondering if I'm actually less "healthy" as I've lost one of my few methods of relaxing. -
QuickWithKnives 127 posts
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Registered 8 months ago@RawShark Phone your doctor. Tell them I said so. -
souvlaki 1,191 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPsychotext wrote:
I may be making excuses for myself (probably am) but I found a real blowout with mates every once in a while really cathartic and that release is something that has effected my mental health this last year of being stuck indoors etc. Drinking at home takes the edge off but hasn't had the same effect by a long way.
I'm wondering if I'm actually less "healthy" as I've lost one of my few methods of relaxing.
Mind you, a lot of your posts trigger my stress (Brexit, CoVid etc.) so lord only knows how much stress you are weighing on yourself with what you are posting and reading - that has also been a real game changer this past 12 months.
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoNone of it really effects me as I can't do anything about it. It's all rather more academic vs the real issues I'm having with my body failing on me. 
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retro74 3,802 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI’m quite similar to others in that I’ve had a headache almost the whole month of ‘dry’ January
Sleeping has been pretty tough with it being between 2am and 3am each night before I’ve eventually drifted off. Only the last few days has it improved
Lost no weight as far as I am aware but I don’t feel as bloated as usual
I’ve found my mind a lot more active than usual, random forgotten memories keep popping up which is very weird
I think I’m going to carry on into February and see what happens there -
Psiloc 6,368 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYou need to weigh yourself pretty regularly and note the general trend, rather than relying on the odd reading.
Not saying you've done this necessarily, but if you weighed yourself just twice 30 days apart you could easily have lost several pounds of body fat despite the scales saying the same thing. Water weight, having a full stomach (food and drink), clothing and just needing a massive shit and a piss can all make a huge difference.
You should weigh yourself first thing in the morning after using the toilet so they say, but even that can still be weird. The trend is 90% of the important information.
If you're in a calorie deficit you are going to lose weight, period. If you're really not losing weight then you have either replaced the calories with something else or you were consuming so many surplus calories you have actually "only" stopped gaining weight (which is still excellent, prevention is better than cure!)
Maybe work out how many calories you are now saving per week? I'm sure just seeing the number would be quite encouraging.
EDIT: Oh yeah user psychotext is that gym bro.gif)
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Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoNot sure who you're talking to on that one.
If it's me, I calorie count so I've got a pretty good idea of my intake, and I've been weighing myself first thing in the morning (in addition to a number of other metrics) for about seven years.
I would suspect that my main issue is that my metabolism / NEAT has crashed due to the lack of quality sleep, because my intake would be definitely low enough to do the job normally (~1,900kcal not adjusted for exercise). -
quadfather 39,071 posts
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Registered 11 years agoBizarrely, during the last year of lockdown and more drinking that normal, I've lost loads of weight and now need to put it back on.
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Must admit am feeling a bit frustrated for the final 2 days.
Not got much in food wise, and the beer is in the fridge. Now would be an ideal time to crack open a couple of bottles.
I thought last weekend would be the worst, but this is more tempting.
Next year maybe dry february, only 28 days there.
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