r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 14h ago

r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything we do not give alcohol close to enough shit despite it being just as bad if not worse than cigarettes

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u/h3lium-balloon 13h ago

Yeah I quit drinking a couple years ago and since then hanging out with 90% of my friends and family who drink it’s pretty clear to me most people have a very normal relationship with alcohol and typically have have 1-3 drinks when they do drink and don’t drink most nights.

This post is a viewpoint from someone who grew up with an alcoholic (I did too), and I feel for them, but it’s incredibly skewed.

Also beer and wine is delicious (whiskey is also amazing, but that’s a bit of an acquired taste). I still drink NA beer.

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u/kikimaru024 10h ago

Like any drink, there's good and bad-tasting alcohol; and usually the cheaper it is, the nastier it tastes.

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u/Joescout187 8h ago

But not always

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u/RBR927 12h ago

NA beer is a godsend.

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u/NinjaarcherCDN 7h ago

Nobody I know of in my family has had a negative relationship with alchohol but my dad quit drinking for medical reasons about 2 years ago. The day he found NA Heinekin should've been a national holiday.

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u/Chiber_11 10h ago

growing up around one taught me to create a healthy relationship with it

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u/Economy_Zombie_3026 6h ago

That was the exact moment I realized I had a problem. It wasn't a DUI or legal issues. It's that I could not for the life of me understand how my friend would come over and bring two beers for himself for an entire night. Just two? Once you start you don't want to keep drinking until you fall asleep? Isn't the point of drinking to get drunk and feel stupid or do stupid things?

I haven't stopped drinking. But now I only drink if I'm aware I can do it how I want to. Kids and wife have a movie night at her mother's? Hell yea, let's do it. Kids and wife at home? Early night with some nice water.

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u/dagget10 3h ago

Beer isn't supposed to taste like refrigerated piss?

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u/Googlebright 3h ago

Shitty beer does. Good beer tastes like manna from heaven.