The NA beers out there have become quite good. Athletic brewing timed the market really well.
This is my go to. I hope it becomes cheaper though.
U.S. alcohol consumption drops to a 90-year low, new poll finds
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#102The NA beers out there have become quite good. Athletic brewing timed the market really well.
I think instead of giving up my beer with dinner, I'm just going to switch to non-alcoholic beer. It's easier to work within the habit instead of fighting it.
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#103A good chunk of my “fun and memorable nights” involved going out for a drink with friends/meeting new people at the bar. It’s very good if the younger generation is consuming less alcohol, but unless they’re replacing the social-aspect of it with something similar, I pity them. Unfortunately, looking at the data, it shows that people are just lonelier and hang out in social circles even less. Obviously there are prob…
Does "going out for a drink with friends/meeting new people at the bar" require consuming alcohol?
Plenty of bars have non-alcoholic beer and mocktails. I've always switched to them after 1-2 drinks.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Especially when you consider this user's profile: "Sometimes I will say things I don't actually believe so we can have a more lively debate."
I do actually believe that weed replacing alcohol as drug of choice is destroying the social fabric of the society. What's so controversial about it? What is the last time when a joint got someone laid or made friends?
I've only smoked a few times in my life, so I can't speak to its social effects. I do know that thanks to alcohol, I came very close to needing to make friends in prison. (Sober 7 years at this point)
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#105i like my mind clear 100% of the time
One drink doesn't do that. It's a misconception pushed by people who don't know what they're talking about / have an axe to grind.
That being said: If you don't want to drink, don't. Life is too short to spend time with people who don't accept you for who you are and what you want to do.
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#106There was a pretty good Kurzgesagt video posted earlier today on alcohol in general: https://youtu.be/aOwmt39L2IQ The shift in perception of alcohol is certainly a good sign. Even outside of the health benefits, a night out at the bar is expensive now (at least on the East Coast) and honestly speaking other drugs are simply more cost-effective. I still have the occasional cocktail when going out with friends but now…
Anecdotally it seems like alcohol is being replaced with weed or other things. But it doesn't bode well for the future of mental health if social drinking is being replaced with solo drug use or just solo everything.
I find this dichotomy a bit strange. A lot of people consume alcohol alone and in many cases this ends up badly for them (no need to speculate about foreboding - the body (and the bodies) of evidence is readily available). Cannabis can be very common in and around social settings, depending on where you are in the world. Other drugs are also pretty much everywhere, including social spaces. They are just more invisible due to their illegality.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hence the virginity rates. Weed replacing alcohol is a tragedy. Lonelier people in healthier bodies with rotting brains.
Alcohol causes more brain damage than cannabis, if that's what you are talking about. And I doubt lowering inhibitions so that people have sex they wouldn't normally have had seems... Bad. On the other hand, if this was supposed to be funny, carry on!
I’m not sure I buy this, from anecdotal evidence of friends who have 1-2 drinks a day vs those who have let’s say a similar amount of weed a day… the friends who drink are vastly more functional.
Arguably the friends who drink are indistinguishable from people who don’t aside from maybe some weight gain if it’s all beer. My weed friends though, you can tell they’re not doing as great, on or off weed.
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#108I haven't had anything alcoholic in nearly two decades. Even when I was drinking it never got me any closer to getting laid. I quit because only stupid shit happened when I was drunk or around drunk friends. If anything nicotine acts as a superior social lubricant. These days I just drop acid, drink espresso, and consume the occasional nicotine pouch. Have never missed alcohol one bit.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
if . Other drug use can be just as social as alcohol consumption.
Since opium dens fell out of favor, the only psychoactive substances that have dedicated social spaces are booze (bars, nightclubs) and nicotine (hookah lounges, cigar clubs). This could change, but it hasn't yet. It sure seems like society's just swinging antisocial.
> the only psychoactive substances that have dedicated social spaces are booze (bars, nightclubs) and nicotine (hookah lounges, cigar clubs)
caffeine (cafes)
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Alcohol causes more brain damage than cannabis, if that's what you are talking about. And I doubt lowering inhibitions so that people have sex they wouldn't normally have had seems... Bad. On the other hand, if this was supposed to be funny, carry on!
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Sure, let's just ignore all the issues that widespread alcohol abuse bring to societies and call them healthy. Who cares, I'm living a good life with alcohol, so everyone suffering from or seeing the side effects and abstaining is just an antisocial virgin.
What a ridiculous take.