This is my first week of being sober. I usually drink a bottle of wine every night but in a friday 2 and shots with my husband. We a decision on sunday to change our lives and try to stop drinking altogether. I’m on day 5 and I’m thinking what can we do instead of our usual getting wasted in the kitchen Friday night. Guna buy some AF cava I think and maybe cook something together with some music on. My problem is that I like to drink. I like to buy expensive wines and liquors and I like the taste. But I hate the person I am when I am drunk, I talk shit and make a complete fool of myself, can anyone recommend any good quality af drinks!
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Idk how anyone can say they like the taste of liqour or wines or beers. I’ve tried them all, Everytime my face would pucker up and my throat would instantly burn, every single time. Idk why I ever said I liked that…oh yeah bc are minds trick us into thinking we liked that. Get some frozen fruit, milk, and coconut creamer and it taste awesome.
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Also, we may think we like those first one or two, because of the sugar in the alcohol. Pretty much everything after that are taste buds just become senseless and it goes down easier, but it’s all still the same shitty outcome. Ruining our bodies
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welcome here then! I do sometimes drink alcohol free beer (but realy personal whether this is not a gateway so decide for yourself) I like them more then normal ones especially now there is so much coiche. next to that. herbal tea sometimes I make my own Chai thee and drink that iced with limes. and I make Kefir, at the moment with fresh blackberries from my area. At the moment I mix my kefir with non sugar tonic as more of a mocktail. soda’s and smoothies I do not realy drink since they have about the same amount of sugar as alcohol.
I’m avoiding alcohol free beers/wines right now because I dont have the cravings and dont want to tempt myself with imitation stuff.
I drink a lot of water but I know that’s boring so I also like slimline tonic water with a squeeze of lemon juice on ice. It’s refreshing and feels a bit more like a “grown up drink” lol
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Welcome, and congrats on making a healthy choice together! I hope I linked this correctly, but you could check out this thread, scroll through for some ideas people had for AF beverages.
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I like Naked Juice, Berry Blast is my favorite 
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I really like a good red wine and I actually like the taste of tequila!! I was laughing with my husband the other day saying imagine if someone made an af tequila and a load of sober people were doing shots haha funny. But I actually like the taste! I know I am weird. X I think I need to substitute my alcohol drinks for af ones so I dont feel im missing out and then lapse.
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I’ve actually seen ads on Facebook for AF liquors that promise the “bite” and flavor, including tequila! It would be worth doing a search online I think…since I blocked alcohol ads on FB I don’t remember the company name.
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I’m stuck on AF ginger beers, myself. Love ‘em cut with some seltzer and lemonade or lime juice.
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In the beginning, I drank water with a splash of POM pomegranate or tart cherry juice, if I wanted something “wine’ish” to pair with beef, lamb or red sauce pasta. If I wanted something fizzy, it was flavored seltzer. Now I pretty much drink water, but will treat myself with a regular coke now and again.
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Well, if you want to try something from a little off of the beaten track (but that you can still get quite easily through Amazon), I would suggest a Japanese herbal “tea” (usually drunk cold, in fact), called MUGI CHA or Barley tea. It’s good, you can let it steep to get as strong (or not) as you like, you can drink it hot or cold, no sugar, no sweeteners, no caffeine, not much of anything, really.
It’s really popular in Japan, especially during the hot and humid summer.
Just a suggestion, feel free to ignore it !
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I’m just responding to say I got Freixenet 00% cava and it was delicious. I felt like I was drinking cava or more like prosecco. And Bravia cans and they both get a from me. Will try out some of the suggestions put on here, thanks so much. It’s a whole new world to me. Today day 5 and I actually feel like my senses are heightened, its weird but i know it’s from abstaining this week and I’m determined to stay on course.
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I always thought I liked the taste and considered myself a beer connoisseur. Ill admit it was exciting trying new things.
Ive found in sobriety the newness of every moment is the excitement. Your cravings can be replaced by simply existing with your husband sober. If you guys drank as much as you say you did I think it will be a real adventure you can enjoy together.
Also, I slam a lot of seltzer lol.
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It’s a life changing experience.
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Very interesting…!
I use fever tree tonic and Seedlip spice or garden flavor for martini type drink. to replace wine I just switched to high end vanilla or cherry sodas. im pretty much over it now but the sugar for sure helped. GT’s kombucha is good too.
Curious Elixirs is a heavily advertised brand here so I bought the variety pack and they all resembled orange juice thats gone bad.
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