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07-06-2023, 01:15 PM
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Dry July.
For two years now I have participated in the Slowtwitch no alcohol January. I don’t drink alcohol daily and usually quit after 2 most of the time. I do feel much better when I cut out alcohol. So it seemed like a good thing to do again. The tough part will come at the end of the month since I do have a 7 day MTB trip planned with friends and we always finish with a few beers and sit around a camp fire at night drinking beer.
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07-06-2023, 01:33 PM
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Bring your own nonalcoholic beer to the event?
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07-06-2023, 01:37 PM
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07-06-2023, 01:49 PM
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Try Athletic Brewing beers, the IPA's are really good and you won't miss the alcohol. I have it on subscription and get delivery every month, great company.
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07-06-2023, 02:16 PM
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07-06-2023, 03:41 PM
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It’s crazy how time can change something like my enjoyment in an after ride beer. Since January of this year, I have had exactly 3 beers and didn’t really enjoy them much. The rides were great, the company was great, and there was just as many laughs as I passed on a second or third beer. I haven’t had one yet, but the next time I meet friends and drinking comes up, I’m going for a nonalcoholic Heineken based on recommendations from others I know that have found themselves in my position. At this point though, I suspect I’ll be just as happy with an ice cold Root Beer.
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07-06-2023, 04:22 PM
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LOL! When I first read ^^^that sentence I interpreted it to mean "I usually quit after 2:00PM"
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07-06-2023, 04:32 PM
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Since getting sick end of February I've not had a drunk. Realize I don't really miss drinking and likely will only have occasional cocktail or wine when I go out for dinner.
Now to figure out dhat yo do with my luwuor collection. It is nearly 200 bottles of tequila, bourbon and scotch.
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07-06-2023, 05:08 PM
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Others have some great recs as well, but I find when folks are having a beer I'm quite content to have a coffee (you could use decaf at night?).. just a thought
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07-06-2023, 05:09 PM
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07-06-2023, 05:49 PM
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I like Becks NA. Athletic is not quite 0.0%, I don't think, but very close. There are some Japanese brands that are decent too.
One note is that alcohol is not the only substance in beer that is bad for you - hops are a very strong phytoestrogen (plants that stimulate estrogen production) so those non-alcoholic IPAs are addressing most but not all of the problem. I switched over to lower-hop content beers a while back (lower IBUs if I have the terminology right) and it makes a difference. Think porters, the darker Belgian beers etc. - although those of course often have higher alcohol content. I love the taste of IPAs, and don't avoid entirely, but I have found that "next day performance" at least feels better with lower-hop beers, for the same relative alcohol.
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07-06-2023, 07:46 PM
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07-06-2023, 09:22 PM
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I stopped drinking hard liquor in March 2020. When I started again in the middle of 2021, when social gatherings were resuming, I seemed to have lost my taste for scotch, bourbon, tequila, vodka, gin, etc.
I now have a drink very rarely but don't look forward to it as I used to, and one is enough. I never feel the desire for a second drink any more.
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