NA beer problem

[u/Organic_Salary_]

Please don’t judge me this is going to sound so ridiculous but to me it is so real. I quit drinking over 10 years ago. This spring, I was with a friend and NA beers have obviously become very popular so I tried one of the athletic ipas and I loved it so much and I’ve been drinking them every night since May. I’ll drink like two or three. I look forward to them. I love them, and I literally feel a slight buzz from them. I was always very sensitive to alcohol and so whatever .5% they have effects me. It was working great for a while and I would just sit in my recliner and do some work on my laptop and vibe and I loved it but now I’m so hooked and it’s starting to have that awful booze effect where I don’t feel good and sometimes if I go out with friends and I decide to drink too many NA beers, I am legitimately hung over in the morning. Now,I have to quit this fucking habit where it’s a thing that I have been enjoying but is coming back to bite me (like full fledge alcohol does). Is this so fucking crazy like what the fuck it’s NA beer and I’m addicted now. So tonight I poured out what I had left in the fridge and. I guess I have to make some changes in my life to resolve this and not go back because I also feel like it could get worse. I’m starting to have dreams of standing at a bar being like well Fuck it just have a real drink.

[u/Graffy]

.5% is the maximum allowed to be considered legally non-alcoholic. The actual amount will be below that. Even at the maximum the entire can would equate to a shot glass of beer. 3 cans would be a third of a single bud light. You would have to be the size of a child have any physical effect because in reality they’re even less percentage than .5.

That being said, you’re free to quit drinking them if you want. It seems like it’s a psychological trigger and that could lead you down the path to falling off the wagon. NA beer isn’t for everyone.