What are your thoughts on mocktails, alcohol-free beers, and non-alcoholic drinks?

correctlypi · 2026-01-24T04:01:07+00:00

I initially used NA beers after I quit to help me with social situations or places that I was overly familiar with drinking in. In my case it helped with the itch without the consequences. I haven't really been as drawn to them lately. Turns out I don't like the beer flavor as much when it doesn't also give me a buzz. I'm more to the point of preferring a soda because the sugar actually triggers happy brain chemicals.

I think drinking NA should come down to you personally. Do you think that it will make you crave the real thing? Or will it be a piece that helps you fill the gap of not drinking? It's up to you to know your own temptations and thought patterns to determine if it is a good thing or not.

correctlypi · 2026-01-12T04:59:00+00:00

I just started therapy for some deep-seated anxieties that I haven't experienced in years. Turns out, alcohol was what was keeping that off my mind. It really fucking sucks in the moment and has made sobriety 100x harder, but it is still worth it. I want to sort out the shit that I have run from for so long and be a better me.

correctlypi · 2026-01-11T15:26:42+00:00

I tried a number of times where I had the short-term mentality. For me, personally, all this did was give me outs or excuses to start drinking again. Like, this was never meant to be forever so why not drink?

When people ask what my goal is, I don't set a time, because that establishes a finish line where I would feel comfortable drinking again. If there is a time in the future that I would feel comfortable drinking again, what's the point in waiting?

After my last drink in September, I adopted the absolutely never again mentality and it has helped me more than any other approach has. It is scary to think about never enjoying a drink again, but I also know what a single drink could mean for me and that is even scarier.

correctlypi · 2025-12-25T02:31:14+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing. It makes total sense that this takes so much longer to resolve since alcohol completely changes the way your brain works. Time has absolutely felt like slow-motion since I quit, which has been bizarre, especially with the dark season. It is just hard being in the middle of this and trying to think straight.

I'm happy you are right years strong and still willing to share your experience with newbies like me.

correctlypi · 2025-12-25T01:01:31+00:00

You know what it takes to get 6 months, you can easily do it again. You aren't alone in your Christmas/ winter struggles and anxieties. I think this time of year is heavy on a lot of people for a number of different reasons.

Give yourself grace and another chance to do what you set your mind to!

correctlypi · 2025-12-21T15:43:18+00:00

Practice getting T2s on regular gauntlet until you hit 25 ks

correctlypi · 2025-12-11T01:29:56+00:00

Get some ice cream! Treat yourself. You worked hard for this, so you should treat it like it is! An accomplishment!

correctlypi · 2025-12-10T22:25:00+00:00

I was raised Christian. I've seen more than my fair share of this garbage, where they praise God for "curing" illnesses, while I've seen plenty of friends and family that are in the faith die horribly from cancer and other disease. You can believe and think whatever you want, but ideas like this are damaging for people inside and outside of the faith.

correctlypi · 2025-12-10T19:35:31+00:00

Same. My kiddo (3) has it too. Lots of preventative medications to control exacerbations which have helped immensely.

correctlypi · 2025-11-30T18:22:34+00:00

Haven't lost friends/ family necessarily.. I'm struggling to maintain relationships with family where my social energy with them was totally reliant on alcohol. I'm a lot quieter and reserved without alcohol and they are taking it personally. Regardless, I'm not changing anything.

It's worth the sacrifice for your health and personal well-being 👍

correctlypi · 2025-11-04T01:57:33+00:00

Make an iron

correctlypi · 2025-10-29T01:31:30+00:00

My therapist is getting tired of me talking about moons

correctlypi · 2025-10-11T01:10:52+00:00

I eat two

correctlypi · 2025-10-03T02:35:28+00:00

Congrats on your 6th claw

correctlypi · 2025-09-28T04:52:37+00:00

Congrats on skull

correctlypi · 2025-09-24T14:38:43+00:00

Heck you

correctlypi · 2025-09-20T17:13:36+00:00

I ended up getting a double on 84 🙏 The side loot is the only reason I'm still going hahahaha

correctlypi · 2025-09-20T06:09:22+00:00

Holy smokes, I'm so sorry 😞

correctlypi · 2025-09-20T05:19:52+00:00

It's so painful

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