I appreciate that there are alternative thoughts and bigger problems surrounding alcohol and all it represents, but listen into my views!
Drinking alcohol is for the most part all about the enjoyment it gives to social occasions and how it adds sparkle to a meal or an event. For many, it builds confidence and provides a barrier between our reality and the identity we like to show others. A wandering thought is whether something else could shift our mind and feelings into that euphoria we seek when "having a drink"? Wonder why that issue of seeking or needing confidence through alcohol, and no other alternative non-alcoholic means being good enough, doesn't receive more attention in our social media feeds?
I found it interesting that only 3 people liked my photo post on the 1st July showing this beautiful bottle of non-alcoholic rhubarb and ginger. Do people really dislike rhubarb and ginger flavours that much not to appreciate my post or was it because it wasn't a glamorous, debatably more exciting alcoholic beverage?! 41 people liked my wine post a few days later...just saying!
Currently staying in Alvechurch with my sister and enjoying our outdoor glass of wine after she gets home from work, which I have to admit probably can't be replaced. Wine is a difficult and acquired taste to replicate, so probably best left alone.
However, a cocktail, good old gin and tonic or similar, which is all about the bitter, fruity or mixer tastes could be interchanged fairly easily with these new products on the market, couldn't they? Perhaps once in a while?!
Similarly, I'm very impressed by the non-alcoholic beers my husband has been finding, which are also low in calories and taste pretty similar to the light beers I would previously have chosen to drink.
Therefore, I will be continuing to enjoy my glasses of wine; dry white wine being a better option to avoid messing with my blood sugars. I propose trying a mixed timetable of non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks with mixers plus non-alcoholic beers every now and again.
Hypocritically, I have been the most hungover I've been in the last twenty years (It was a great reunion and worth it), so my counterfeit tipple of choice for the last few days has been a tasty sparkling water in a wine glass! Perfect.
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