Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

So an update from my end... and my journey with alcohol free drinks...
The Heineken 0's - i felt like sheet the next day. Not sure if it was a hangover cos of my 6mths since last alcoholic drink, but i truly felt lousy all day the next day.
The castle free's - i feel ok, and to me they taste the same as a normal one. Of course i am told they taste like cr@p, but i'm ok with them.
The duchess pink and blue and i think green all taste lousy, but i drank them as i had bought them and i wasn't going to toss them out. Will never buy them again!
Anyhoo...
Yesterday had peeps over who drink at the speed i do, and will get through 12 in a sitting, while we braai. i found i got through a heap of castle free's and duchess along with the occaisonal coke / fanta / tab.
At the end of the day. i had way more empties than he did lol.
It shows me, maybe its a good thing im not drinking normal beer, my flow control is still just as broken as it was when i was endulging. Just today i woke up feeling 100%, just a bit bloated... which is also something that i dislike, and never noticed it before.
 
Mortymoose said:
Anyhow after today's braai I noticed that the English HO had a new scale and decided to test it out.....
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I've known women people who intentionally set the scale low...
 
0.03% is less alcohol than you get in sour-dough bread. Less than you ingest when you rinse your mouth with mouthwash. Corner-sold ginger beer. 0.03% is so low, it won't even pick up in your blood stream - at all. You liver metabolises it faster than you can drink it.
 
Apparently you need to consume roughly 20 of these non alcoholic drinks in an hour to fail a breathalyser. Someone is bound to see this as a challenge :-)

The biggest issue with them is the assumption people make that there is Zero booze in them. This about the following

Recovering alcoholics
Religious people who cannot drink booze
Pregnant women
People on specific medication (no booze)
Pilots and operators of heavy machinery
 
jezzad said:
Apparently you need to consume roughly 20 of these non alcoholic drinks in an hour to fail a breathalyser. Someone is bound to see this as a challenge :)
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20 of these would contain the same amount of alcohol as one 0.6% beer. You would need to consume 100 of these to consume the same amount of alcohol as one very light (3% ABV) beer. To clarify, Castle Lite is 4% ABV. So 130 of these to get the same alcohol as a Castle Lite. That's 5.4 cases, or 43 litres of beer. You cannot get drunk on it. You will puke your lungs out and probably burst long before that.

EDIT: Oh, and I get the issue, but that's why there are labels that needs to show how much is in there. Also, a pregnant/lactating woman can really have one or two 0.03% beers. It's so low, like I said, that there is absolutely no danger to the baby. In fact, the hops is actually good for milk production. :)
 
So I’m enjoying my few castle black 0% Beers. Had a coke in between. Maybe some water... Happily blending in :-) then I get a “why are you throwing your no-alcohol goodie two shoes thing in our face”. This was at a braai for an extended family members birthday.
Sigh...
If I’m not acting like a tit drinking real beer or whatever quickly... now I’m minding my own business and I get this. Like wtf. That seriously pissed me off. Anyone had any wonderful experiences like this?
 
Oh a ton. I just go "I have to drive and I have a wife and baby to look after". Usually shuts them up.
 
Well the Booze Free journey might be coming to a dramatic end this Saturday, With the World Cup Final and more importantly I have my partners 70th Birthday Bash, Yep! The Old Man is 70 and we are buying him out and he is going home to the North. We are hosting a bit of a bash in our yard for about 100 people and the booze will be flowing. I see my mate, Dr.Doppies shall also be in attendance, so it might get eccentric.... ;)
 
Mortymoose said:
Well the Booze Free journey might be coming to a dramatic end this Saturday, With the World Cup Final and more importantly I have my partners 70th Birthday Bash, Yep! The Old Man is 70 and we are buying him out and he is going home to the North. We are hosting a bit of a bash in our yard for about 100 people and the booze will be flowing. I see my mate, Dr.Doppies shall also be in attendance, so it might get eccentric.... ;)
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Best wishes to your partner! Hope you remember enough of the night :ROFL:
 
I got a "Dankie aan die vader, preis die here", from two of my female staff when I told them I have not consumed alcohol, for many sunrises.... :giggle:
Only to have it taken back when I informed them that tomorrow I shall start up for a solitary day....... :confused:

Was outside in my receiving yard with the "Old Man", checking up on the preparations for tomorrow......
The staff have built a makeshift bar with stainless steel tables and crates, It felt odd and sad whilst standing there pretending to order a cold one....

A couple of local groot koppe will be attending , The Mayor, The CEO of the local council, The Chief of immigration, The Chief of Customs, the Local Station Commander, Doctor Doppies (this is going to be good), Two members of the American Peace Corp, two pastors(yup! I did a double take also only to be informed by the old man, they must leave after the speeches :eek:) , Headmasters of the two local schools and two Big Cheeses from the mine.......... Add my 80 odd staff members, a few pieces of meat on the flames, an open bar and Bob's yer uncle...

My strategy, wait for it, wait for it, Pace Myself, not the usual, Hogging the draught machine and knocking back 16 x 500ml in less than four hours..... last time I had a party in the back yard, I landed up in the local Shebeen complex..... a wild tale in itself...

So all ye heathens out there, pray for this here Moose, coz I shall be needing it.....

:p
 
thoughts with you M....we only live once!:thumbsup: in saying that, go "easy"+enjoy without any guilt trip afterwards : )
 
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