Trying to reduce alcohol consumption...

[spr1975wshs]

Doc wants me to cut way back on the alkie. Have found some good no alcohol whiskey and vodka alternatives, as well as NA beers and wines.
Since the W & V alts are pricey, took a page from my home brewing days. I using whiskey and vodka flavor essences to make up my own,
which I mix 1/2 n 1/2 with the commercial alts. 2 bottles of the extract in a 700 ml bottle, with a little food safe glycerin for mouth feel,
fill it up with flat club soda.

 

[vraiblonde]

I quit drinking alcohol a few years ago. Thought I'd go to NA beers but nah....iced tea and drinks I make with my Soda Stream are where it's at for me. I tried NA wine and it took a week to get my stomach back to normal.

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

Doc wants me to cut way back on the alkie. Have found some good no alcohol whiskey and vodka alternatives, as well as NA beers and wines.
Since the W & V alts are pricey, took a page from my home brewing days. I using whiskey and vodka flavor essences to make up my own,
which I mix 1/2 n 1/2 with the commercial alts. 2 bottles of the extract in a 700 ml bottle, with a little food safe glycerin for mouth feel,
fill it up with flat club soda.

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Stop teasing yourself. It can only set you up for future failure. Yes, it's that bite and taste in the mouth that feels so scrumpdillyicious. But that's part of what foments part of ones addiction. Been there. Please ween yourself off that taste forever. This is similar to a person that has quit smoking for a while. When they smell cigarette smoke wafting from someone else smoking, it smells really really good which creates that remembrance and invokes that feeling of relaxation of the person enjoying it when they were smoking. This could easily be a primer to wanting to sip, (just this once you'll think to yourself to justify it), the real thing again. With your previous issues regarding recovering from alcohol induced health problems, why do this? Temptations are everywhere, don't create them yourself. Just say'in. A concerned forum member.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I quit drinking alcohol a few years ago. Thought I'd go to NA beers but nah....iced tea and drinks I make with my Soda Stream are where it's at for me. I tried NA wine and it took a week to get my stomach back to normal.

Isn't N/A wine just grape juice?

 

[Monello]

Have found some good no alcohol whiskey and vodka alternatives,

Why bother?

Can't think of 1 alternative food product that is of equal quality as the original.

Same goes for low fat & no fat products when there is a full fat version somewhere out there in the grocery store. Ranch dressing comes to mind. Full fat ranch dressing is divine. Low fat ranch tastes like azz & disappointment.

 

[GregV814]

liker quick was advice I was given on our Honeymoon.