Or Purell…
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Something I wanted to share about this topic again:
I had an interesting night this eve - my boyfriend and I were having a pizza and I bought a beer for him and 2 0.5% beers for me.
I thought I would guzzle them both, as I was really missing wine or a beer and had been thinking about having two non alcoholic ones all day. After opening one - I had a few sips then really didnt want it and switched to juice. It made me realise… that yes, it really is the alcohol that I want and no association of pretending its something else is going to help! But it’ll definitely help when I’m socialising to blend in and feel part of the same social alchemy and language… and I did enjoy holding the bottle, and the act of opening it… and the taste was pretty close to beer, so I think for a party its a good prop especially in early days of sobriety, but yeah an interesting discovery as I thought I would just be so desperate to get it down me!
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Thanks @littlemisschatterbox, I think though that this may be good for me, as knowing my past - as soon as I give something up totally (food wise or sex wise or other addictions) it makes me want that thing SO much more. If I know I can have alcohol free beer, I feel like I’ll still have that option but just enjoy it less and gradually will just release the desire for it!.. I’m not sure… I’ll have to start to get used to the taste surely and start to like the feeling of feeding my body well? a bit like getting used to vegan cheese or tofu (both which I love now but didn’t at the beginning)? Maybe I’m overly optimistic. The brain and taste can be so placebo cant it! the same coffee can taste totally different if we think one has come from an expensive place and the other not… I’m just wondering if I can get my mind used to alcohol free and maybe start to just build the pattern, otherwise I fear relapse. I can’t go from drinking to water or sparkling water… I dont think it’ll last beyond dry january.
For me it was only beer. I haven’t had hard liquor in years, and I dont like wine. I don’t even like grape juice, and wine is just grape juice that went bad, lol. Of course I had my favorite kind of beer, but would never turn down my second favorite, the kind that someone else bought, lol. I look back and laugh, to keep myself from crying at how bad I let beer control my life. And I just hit 27 days, and the cravings are easing up, which is good, since Fridays were always at least a 12 pack or more. Long story short, I do believe you can be addicted to one certain type of alcohol
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