I’m wondering about NA beer and specifically wine…I’ve noticed a lot of NA wine has alcohol in it….are there any out there that are 0% abv that are your favorites?
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Everyone is different. But I was a beer drinker exclusively. I won’t touch it. I have over a year now of sobriety and I love it. One of the other times I quit I think I have like two weeks or some thing and picked up some nonalcoholic beer. I finished one and I felt drunk. I know it was psychosomatic, may be the fizz, hitting the back of my throat or the taste. But I remember heading right up to the store and buying the real thing.
It’s taken me a long time but I realize I never liked the taste of beer. I just wanted the buzz. That’s the truth. There are lots of better tasting drinks. Best wishes!
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Drank for the effect not the taste ,NA can lead back to the real stuff my experience .
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Why bother? Doesn’t really seem to be worth the risk
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For me NA beer was a trigger. Taste and smell was reminding me drinking. My brain reacted by drunk dreams and headaches next day.
One of.my aa friends told my something funny. He wanted to go to a party where people was drinking alcohol. He wanted to buy something to drink and he chose NA beer. When he was walking with bag he looked inside and noticwt he bought 6 na beers. 6 what for!? He was normally drinking about 6 beers on such party 
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Personally: HELL. NO.
For me, ALL that would do is wake The Beast from his slumber and then?
He’d inevitably pick the lock on his cage and I’d have a needle in my arm and a meth pipe in my mouth before I even realized what had happened.
YOU, however, may be stronger than I. Whatever the case, best o’ luck! 
P.S. – @Adeline, great user name. There’s a fantastic Elliott Smith song named that (if you already know, all apologies. If you don’t, maybe give it a listen[?]).
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I love Elliott Smith! I haven’t listened to him in years…I’ll definitely have to change that and thank you for the guidance! I’m newly sober, so I’m trying to take it day by day.
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My liver specialist was pretty specific about not drinking NA for the following two reasons:
- NA drinks contain trace amounts of alcohol that you are unconsciously consuming
- Drinking NA versions of your DOC just keeps the attachment alive
Personally, I think that NA beer and wine are pretty bad compared to the real thing and I’d rather drink something I can actually enjoy 