LIVING WITH AN ALCOHOLIC

Advantages: You can come out of this a stronger person
Disadvantages: Some scars never heal

...I have thought long and hard about posting this review and I do hope that it does not make anybody uncomfortable, my intention is to show that there is life after living with an alcoholic, albeit incomplete. I am able to clearly recall memories as far back as just before my 1st birthday, no doubt because they were quite traumatic and I was 12 before I realised that the way my father behaved was not right. I was very frightened of men and if I am being honest, still feel a certain amount of anxiety around men, although I realise that these are my feelings and nothing to do with the behaviour of men, most of whom are lovely, I'm sure. I do not want to linger over the abuse that I suffered at the hands of my father, but I wlil say that whilst I have learned strategies to cope with the aftershock, I can never see a full recovery...

mistymoosy 28.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Living with Alcoholism

Queer Beer!

Advantages: No threat of liver cirrhosis and no beer goggle vision
Disadvantages: wheres the lovely booze gone?

...On a reluctant quest to refrain from drinking the intoxicating liquid known as alcohol; I needed a substitute: but nothing was slightly comparable to the lovely booze. I had almost conceded, my will power had abandoned me and I found myself on the beer aisle of a super market. Low and behold, it was as if a divine entity had recognised my impending failure and intervened; I found myself looking at ?alcohol free beck?s beer?. The last place I would have expected to find a nice none alcoholic drink. Why did I consider giving up booze? alas, regular drinking of substantial quantities of booze can very easily damage your liver, your heart, your brain, and other organs. Among the biggest threats is cirrhosis of the liver - which (quite honestly) is a pretty awful illness to suffer from. Booze is also crammed packed with nasty calories...

the_evil_aku 05.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Beck's Non-Alcoholic

Alcohol Truffles

Advantages: Cannot be eaten all at once, I think this is good
Disadvantages: Nothing, it's chocolate

...Alcohol Truffles Selection From Thorntons As I mentioned in my review of thorntons.co.uk, there's a Thorntons store near where I live and I visit it frequently when I want to buy an item or two and not a big present. Last time I bought Alcohol Truffles Selection which includes three kinds: champagne, whisky, and rum. The box is small and beige in colour, and it contains two small bags; eight truffles in each of them, and they are 200g all in all. The expiry date and ingredients can be found on the bottom of the box. It costs £6.25. The chocolates are round in shape, of course, and not wrapped individually. The chocolate filling with alcohol is creamy and soft, and the outer chocolate shell that envelopes it is somewhat thick and this makes it a bit hard, but not too much; nothing to worry about. The whisky truffle can be...

sottovoce82 18.01.2008 · Read review
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Ahm nae crabbit with Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer*

Advantages: nice taste, refreshinmg
Disadvantages: not widely available

...I'm an old fashioned girl at heart and love the old fashioned drinks such as saspherlila, Dandelion and Burdock and cloudy lemonade. Most of all like the Famous Five I love ginger beer. I love strong flavours and there is nothing better on a hot day than the fiery hit of a decent ginger beer. To awaken and tantalise my taste buds. I tend to drink Old Jamaicabut was very excited when I came across Crabbie's original alcoholic ginger beer next to the real ales and ciders in Waitrose recentl Crabbie's are a Scottish company that are known for their green ginger wine but have now branched out intro grown up ginger beer that has enough alcohol in it at 4% to make Timmy and maybe aunt fanny a little tipsy. It is described on the bottle as being made from a unique recipe of fruit, spices and real ginger (thank god. I'm not sure what fake...

duskmaiden 27.05.2009 (12.07.2009) · Read review
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Great tasting booze free mouthwash! Oral B alcohol free mouthwash

Advantages: contains no alcohol, reasonably priced, tastes good
Disadvantages: Not quite icy fresh enough to warrant 5 stars but that will appeal to some

...For around 5 years now I have been a regular user of mouthwash - I use it after brushing my teeth in the morning and night, and even have a mini bottle with me at work so I can use it after lunch. The beneficial effects I have noticed with regular use, is hardly any tartar or plaque build up on my teeth, fresh breath, the overall look of my teeth appears whiter and brighter too. My dentist is very impressed!! I love using it because I now no longer feel clean enough after brushing alone, I like that icy fresh, almost stinging sensation that a mouthwash can give. My favourites were Aquafresh and Listerine (for the iciest sting experience!!) Recently though I have been on the search for a non alcoholic mouthwash because like many, I read a report saying mouthwash containing alcohol was four times more likely to give you mouth...

ciaomiaow 16.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oral B Alcohol Free Mouthwash

Drink without the hangover!

Advantages: No Alcohol
Disadvantages: No Alcohol

...Packaging Green bottle, same as the usual Becks bottle, but with a blue and red label rather than a green a red label. Quantity Per pack Sold in six packs Price Varies from £2.98 to £4.00 depending on where you do your shopping. Alcohol Content 0.05% My experience of the product. Why would you drink non-alcoholic beer? You may ask. I for one have been asked it many times and the truth is I would much rather be drinking normal lager. However having suffered from quite bad anxiety in the last few years, I have been doing everything I can to reduce my symptoms. As a lot of us do I enjoyed the odd pint of beer after work, but felt that my anxiety increased when I had a hangover. I really like the taste of beer so I would have missed it too much! When I was in Italy I a few years ago I came across this product in...

domingal 05.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Beck's Non-Alcoholic

The nicer side of cider.

Advantages: Delicious, goes well with food, relatively cheap, not too strong.
Disadvantages: Fattening.

...Definitely the finer side of cider, Kopparberg Pear is one of the most delicious alcoholic beverages on the market. It is available from most bars and pubs, as well as some restaurants for around £2.50 per 500ml bottle and is often particularly cheap in Wetherspoons establishments. It is also commercially available in most supermarkets, and you will generally pay around £1.85 per bottle, a particularly good bargain however is a multi-pack of eight 500ml bottles for £8.00 at Tesco. It is best served chilled and with ice and complements meals superbly. It is very sweet and as a result best enjoyed occasionally, and in moderation. Drinking bottle after bottle will probably result in a rather sickly feeling as well as being an excellent means to get fat. Its a loverly summer drink thats great for parties. Because its not the sort...

Mutalisk 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Kopparberg Non-alcoholic Pear Cider

An alcohol free great white Chardonnay!

Advantages: Nice taste, if you drink in small doses!
Disadvantages: A bit too sweet

...I thought I'd review this Eisberg alcohol free wine as I cant drink real wine at the moment! When I found out I was expecting and had a party coming up, I went in search of an alcohol free wine, which was hard enough as it was! I came across the Eisberg range of wines in tesco, there was a rose and a white sparkling wine. I have never been a fan of sparkling wine but thought I'd give it a try anyway. I purchased a bottle of each to see which one I preferred. I started with the sparkling white as I fancied a fruity refreshing drink. I didnt like the taste it was far too sweet and just tasted like cheap, fizzy watered down wine. So on to the rose... same thing, sweet, sickly taste and the hated the fizzyness. I decided not to give up and write off all alcohol free wines because these particular ones were no good. I went back to...

kezziefaerie 17.06.2008 · Read review
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SHLOER: THE NON-ALCOHOLIC ADULT DRINK

Advantages: Refreshing flavours
Disadvantages: None

...You've all seen the adverts for Shloer (you know the one with the flamingos in the Jacuzzi), but have you ever tried it...? If the answer is 'no', I would seriously urge you to do so! THE DRINK ITSELF Shloer originally comes from Switzerland. It is a non-alcoholic, sparkling drink made from a blend of natural fruit juices and water. As a result, it doesn't contain any artificial flavourings, preservatives or sweeteners, and is suitable for vegetarians. There are six flavours to choose from, including 'white grape and elderberry', 'red grape', 'white grape', 'white grape and peach', 'white grape and apple' and 'white grape, raspberry and cranberry'. Clearly, white grape features quite a bit! THE BOTTLE Shloer is available in 275ml and 1 litre bottles. These are quite sleek in shape and minimalist in style. The letters 'S h...

rowei 25.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Shloer Sparkling Juice Drink

TANGE DRINKS A NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.

Advantages: Tasty, refreshing and a little bit different.
Disadvantages: No good for burping competitions!

...It may surprise you learn that Tange does consume one or two non-alcoholic beverages form time to time. I love fizzy drinks and generally have a coke to cure my hangover. I started to get a little bored with regular colas and am really pleased to see the new varieties that seem to be springing up ~ I really like Cola with lemon and I?ve always been partial to Cherry Cola. When Alun came home from work proudly clutching a bottle of Vanilla Cola I was pleased to give it a try (in fact I more or less mugged him as he entered the house!). ~~~A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND! ~ Boring news items off the net if you want to skip this bit! According to http://www.areaofdesign.com/reviewsc.htm Vanilla Coke (the first time the word ?coke? was used on the bottle instead of ?Cola? too!) was launched in America on 8th May 2002 ~ on the 116th...

tange 11.04.2003 (27.08.2003) · Read review
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