I haven't had a drop of alcohol in two months now. Which has been the best thing i've done for my body and mind in a long time. At night I still make some kind of mixed drink as a reward for going through the day. Now I need some new ideas. I've had a lot of 1/2 OJ 1/2 7up. Sometimes I put a little pure cranberry juice. Sometimes I do cran and OJ. I've tried apple with oj and cran...its ok. I've failed for the most part and could really use some ideas. Instead of drowning them in water.... btw if you ever quit drinking except a lot of fucking zits and whatnot for a while.
My dad used to love mixing gingerale and cran. He'd mix gingerale with just about any juice and I gotta say, it did make quite a good cocktail. I'm also a huge fan of smoothies. I take vanilla ice cream, frozen berries, and some kind of fruit juice (not things like orange or apple or a strong juice) and blend them. It tastes so good! Congrats on quitting drinking and sticking to it, though! I know its a hard thing to get over...
I often stick with club soda and add fruit to it. If out, usually lemon. At home I will throw in fresh fruit.
I'm not meaning to cause any trouble, but why go through the hassle of making a mixed drink at all? Is it like, a habit thing? When I quit Black and Milds (it's between a cigar and a cigarette), I ended up buying energy drinks like crazy, and it seemed like part of the reason was that I was so used to going to the store.
Its trying to change habits, instead of drinking a beer I might have a coca cola or 7up. When I feel like whiskey I try to come up with something else. Its just to help get my mind off alcohol. Its different for everyone, just gotta find what works for you. When I drink pop though, the sugar, makes beer cravings go away. O_O
If I were you, I'd replace the ritual of alcohol with a related, but equally complex ritual. Answer: Tea. Start brewing tea, learn about it, learn to appreciate it, have it nightly.
yeah i also hear it is best to replace something you quit with another better habit... tea was a good idea, like getting deep into the process of making tea... i had a friend who got HUGE into making smoothies.... i can see mixing non-alcohol drinks, definitely... you should experiment a lot, like really go nuts with trying different weird ingredients! there is that saying: if it has less than 3 ingredients it's not a mixed drink
Sugar is rewarding. I recently read something that sports drinks have been scientifically shown to make athletes perform better - because the sugar in them rewards them for the exercise they are doing, and their bodies are willing to work harder.
your body needs some kinda sugar.. even fats, while I eat really good most the time. There the time my brain stem kicks in says "eat grease, eat heavy butter sugary toast do it now or youll die!!!" .. I =obey ..
I rather enjoyed pooring a little bit of every kind of soda into my cup when i went to mcdonalds. haven´t been there much since I was 11ish though..
It's just good. Not to replace drinking with a substitute or anything. I know, and while doing it we're always thinking "How has no one thought of this? I can patent my mix of Coke/Sprite/root beer/orange. I'll be rich!"
Sprite with just about anything tastes awesome! And I hate sprite, but I will mix it in with juice and whatnot
