What is the booze that does the least damage?
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Anonymous
Uhhh...but this particular one says that she/he is "living sober for 20 years by choice". That is the person I was referring to. Some ACOAs think like that and the pp appears to be one of them. I can't say that I blame them (him/her) because the trauma they experienced was very real. |
Anonymous
I see how you're thinking about it but as an ACOA and a recovering alcoholic I automatically assume that the he/she quit drinking because they're an alcoholic, too. Happens all the time. I was assuming the pp just wasn't clear about it. But then, maybe they did quit because of their traumatic background. Maybe they'll explain. |
Anonymous
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Debbie Downer ACOA PP back.
Yes, I am sober by choice for 20 years. I’m 51, female. First beginning drinking at 15, typical for my crowd - at beer parties, drinking coolers (hey it was the 80s) in parking lots before concerts, with a date. Amped up considerably at college when my binge drinking developed into blackouts. I was terribly naive and did some truly stupid things under the influence but it was night I woke up in my off campus apartment, naked with a pool of vomit down my wall and no early idea what had transpired. I haven’t been drunk since then, 30 some years ago. I was that terrified of where I was heading. All future attempts at having a glass of wine or even a beer made me get a migraine or nausea or both. I now consider this a blessing. In the back of my mind was the thought that this drink will begin my alcoholism. That’s a buzz kill. Also, alcoholism runs deep in my family; at least four consecutive generations. My parent died a horrific, slow death at 82 from complications of alcoholism and never gained sobriety, nor admitted the problem. I decided that one of the best gifts I could give my children was to have a sober parent. Likely controversial but more ACOAs should abstain. If alcoholism is a disease (and i don’t believe it is) and the one way you can prevent getting this disease is to abstain, then I’m part of the cure! |
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I'm loving the spiked seltzers lately. They're only about 100 calories and they're about 5% alcohol. They're cool and refreshing and I don't feel completely dehydrated the next morning because of the 95% water content.
Some folks have issues with the sugar, though. For those folks, my friends recommend vodka/soda. On another note, a friend recently told me that tequila is actually an upper. I dislike tequila but I was curious if that might be true. We did small shots and I have to say, I had a pretty great night. 
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Anonymous
The spiked seltzers are very low sugar/carbs. A vodka w/plain soda is zero carbs. |
Anonymous
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This is going to sound crazy but decent / good tequila with club soda. It’s big in the paleo community because it’s not grain based.
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Anonymous
| Michelob ultra for me, I find it's not toooo bad if I manage to stop at 4-5. Too bad that doesn't always suffice but I try. |
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Think of damage two ways: calories and liver. I've read some studies that hard liquor is the most damaging and wine the least.
So while I like a lot of different wine, especially red wine, I try to make dry sparkling wines like prosecco my go-to order. They tend to have the lowest alcohol content compared to other wines, and similar calories to other dry wines. Bonus: the bubbles make you feel the alcohol faster, so you feel like you've had more. |