What is your go to drink ?!! For some reason I really started liking watermelon flavor about six months ago. It started with Minute Maid watermelon which was good because I was craving sugar like crazy when I first quit drinking. But then I realized I had too much sugar and probably no watermelon. So now I buy actual watermelon juice. I’m not sure why but I really like watermelon flavor now. I have tried maybe 10 brands and different kinds. One day I would like to make my own that’s a combination of watermelon juice and water. I don’t think I will have caffeine in it. But maybe just some vitamins. Is there anything that you guys started drinking a lot after you quit?
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Interesting… I never had that brand or flavor. I’m pretty sure it’s at Walmart I will give it a try. Usually sparkling waters I buy the Lacroix… They are way more refreshing than soda. It’s almost like I have to find a bunch of drinks that I didn’t use as chasers… Like watermelon juice
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Carbonation and no calories. Being a massive former beer drinker the carbonation really hits the spot.
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Sparkling water with nice cordial. I love Vimto… Yes I’m a child 
Love herbal tea, chai, mint tea
A couple of good coffees a day; Ethiopian beans are lush.
La Croix
Really cold ice water
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That’s a lot of delicious beverages. I just looked up the vimto?? Says it’s juice from grapes and other fruit and it’s from the United Kingdom. I love trying new stuff!
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It’s really really good! You won’t be disappointed 
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Lots of carbonated water, all different flavors. I actually bought a soda stream and have been making my own. Ginger beer is nice, but I am doing sugar free right now so I havent had that in a while. When I was first sober I would crave the intensity of alcohol and I found that slamming a can of tonic water would curb those severe cravings I had.
This winter I have settled into some really nice herbal teas, they are fun and lots of cool flavors to try.
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I drink this too!
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Endless, flavorless sparkling water. My husband actually installed a 10lb airtank in my kitchen to make it the most cost effective and because this is one habit he supports. I got into some trouble with energy drinks once I first got sober but have since stopped consuming those. I was drinking 3 energy drinks a day. Just shows how I can easily become hooked to things
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Thanks for the suggestion!
Don’t know if you can get that where you are, but zevia also makes an actual ginger beer sweetened with only stevia
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Yeah definitely is phases. I was making a ridiculous amount of coffee but then I didn’t like the way it made me feel. Because for me drinking coffee feels like being in a car chase. Then I switched to black tea, Then green tea…
Now I have this watermelon drink obsession…
Lemonade is also really good but it’s like watermelon juice it’s hard to find one that isn’t Too sugary
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Wow, it’s relieving to read all the various drinks everyone’s been into upon getting sober. Makes me feel less crazy, and I guess that’s why we share!
I feel like I am injesting all day long, like an extreme oral fixation. I drink a ton of black coffee, cold tea, an Athletic Greens drink mix I like, and I love kombucha (although I know there can be mixed feelings on that one). I could never get into seltzer water.
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I was actually going to ask about kombucha. I love it too but haven’t had any since I quit drinking because I believe it says it contains trace amounts is alcohol. I was wondering if it would cause issues for me.???
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The amount of alcohol in kombucha is very low, just like NA beer. So really it would depend on you and your tolerance to the minimum amounts of alcohol.
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Okay thanks. Perhaps I’ll wait a bit to try having any… But any other advice out there would be helpful I’d love to know anyone else’s experience with it. Thanks
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Kombucha is fermented tea. Some brands have like you said very small amounts called trace amounts. I personally stay away from it because sometimes I can notice the alcohol in it. This is just my story I’m not willing to risk any amount of alcohol even 0.5 %. everybody’s recovery is different… I believe there is some brands that don’t have any alcohol at all inside kombucha.
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