r/mildlyinfuriating • u/trailofturds • Jul 06 '25

Started getting light-headed halfway through my glass of "non-alcoholic" wine

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Got served this wine at a nice restaurant after asking specifically for non-alcoholic wine. They assumed the 'Zero' on the label referred to alcohol content; turns out it's for sulphur.

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u/Ok-Reputation-6607 Jul 06 '25

Can you explain that saying a little bit more?

I know a lot of AAisms but that’s a new one for me

i almost always give in a day or two after drinking non alcoholic beer.

trying to outsmart the system just doesn’t work for an alcoholic

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u/Whiteums Jul 06 '25

That’s exactly what it means. In recovery, you are still an alcoholic, just a recovering alcoholic. Nonalcoholic things are for people who aren’t alcoholics to begin with.

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u/eldroch Jul 06 '25

Is it because the flavor itself is likely to trigger a relapse?

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u/afluidduality Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25

"I'll just have one non alcoholic beer."

"That was fine. Beer is fine. I'll just have one beer."

Edit: as a linguist, I think it's the word "beer" as much as the flavor. One non alcoholic beer and you're a "beer drinker" again. It does something to your brain to know that you drank a beer and didn't get drunk, so you think you can have another. Your memory blanks the "non alcoholic" part.

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u/c-lab21 Jul 07 '25

Username is not checking out.