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  • “Oh, I’m on this new medication and I can’t drink on it”, may or may not be a useful fib for your beer festival. There’s a surprisingly long list of medication where alcohol is contraindicated, including some common antihistamines.

    It’s what one of my friends did, said she couldn’t drink because of medication and then “Oh, remember when I couldn’t drink? When I could drink again, I decided that I didn’t want to, so I’ve stopped.”



  • rosamundi@lemmy.worldMtoStop Drinking@lemmy.worldI quit today
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    5 days ago

    Welcome, we’re glad to have you here 🙂

    So no more “only on weekends”. Or “not at home” Or “not alone”. Or “not more than 2 beers”. Tried all that, didn’t work.

    I tried setting rules like that, it didn’t work, it was exhausting and annoying (setting rules, thinking of ways to break the rules, feeling guilty for breaking the rules, thinking of new rules that’ll absolutely definitely work this time…) Way easier to just not bother with all that by not drinking.

    I found it helpful to make a commitment to myself to keep good non-alcoholic drinks in, and I use it as an opportunity to explore that space and find interesting things to drink.