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Beer substitute ? - 5/4/2010 3:16:05 PM

Termyn8or

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I like my beer. Many people don't saying it's pisswater or whatever, but I chose the brand and type for it's relatively low alcohol content. However I have to reconsider my position. The question of my sobriety has been brough up enough times that I would be a fool not to step back and try to see it as I like to look at many issues - objectively.

I want to put it to the test. There is a problem, in that I drink little of anything else other than beer. I'm quite sure I can say that it is not my aim to get drunk, there is whiskey right there in the fridge waiting, and it will continue to wait for some time. I've had ONE shot out of it since it's been here. However that doesn't mean the beer isn't affecting me, possibly more than I think. Health concerns also come to mind.

So at this point I am looking for something else because one has to drink something. If there was an effective way to remone all the alcohol from my beer I would go for it as long as it didn't wreck the taste. I have tried the near beers and they suck.

The problem is that there are so many exclusions it's not funny. I don't want anything sweetened, at least to any great degree. I avoid sugar, and will not touch anything with HFCS. That leaves out most soda. Bottles water might be good but might get boring, not that it isn't an option but I don't drink tap water, not in this city.

I am very open to nay help right now as to what to use to replace my beloved beer, at least for a time. I still assert that my aim is NOT to get drunk, but I must admit the possibilty that my judgement is affected and if so, at the very least I want to be aware of it. The only way to find out is to stop, voluntarily.

Be aware that what I seek is something that tastes half decent but is not sweet nor alcolohic. I do not need directions to the local AA meeting or anything of the sort. I just want to spend some time without alcohol so I know one way or the other, if my judgement is seriously affected by it. There are days when I only drink two with lunch and then perhaps three after work. That's all I want, and that might be the only thing I drink that day. Literally, just about anything else at the store I consider unnacceptable.

Will I give up beer completely, well maybe for a time, but forever, not likely. I see it in the same light as when I finally stopped drinking coffee. I liked it strong, milk but no sugar. Since I stopped I have a much steadier hand, which comes in "handy" at work. The beer, well if it has a significant negative impact on my well being I will stop, or cut way back on it. Even now, it's not like I won't touch a cup of coffee, but I no longer pound down three cups of that which others started calling "mud" every morning. I saw the negative effects the caffiene had on me, and stopped. I see this as the same.

So no caffiene and no sweeteners, what's left ? I would really like a viable alternative to beer. As far as soda, if forced I might go with 5050 or Cotton Club less sweet ginger ale, figuring even if they have sugar, they have less.

Maybe I just have to buy one of those water coolers. Make tea occasionally, because it is hard to find unsweetened. And I don't like weak tea or coffee, I am the type who calls such things "dishwater".

If you can see through a cup of coffee you might as well drink water. Maybe that's all that's left - water. Spring, well od distilled water. Now I hear distilled water is not all that good for you. I don't know if I believe that or not. That came directly from the mouth of a researcher at Case Wesern Reserve Universaity, now known simply as "Case". Supposedly something about the molecules, which is at this point beyond my comprehension because I thought that was what happened to water naturally. It evaporates from on and/or in the ground and gets into the air, then eventually it rains. That amount to distillation does it not ? Perhaps HK or someone could shed some light on that subject. Distillata is not all that expensive. What I heard could be hype or bad science.

What to drink - that is the question.

T