I stopped drinking a few years ago and tend to drink soft drinks instead, such as soda and lime or a diet coke if I'm feeling really wild!
I was in an Irish bar last year and they have alcohol free Guinness. I decided to try it as I used to quite like Guinness. I drank about a quarter of it and started feeling like my nose was starting to get blocked up and my eyes were starting to itch. This used to happen when I drank alcohol sometimes. I didn't drink anymore.
I told my friend shortly after, and she said she had a few pints of the alcohol free Guinness too and felt dreadful the next day as well.
Around the same time, I told someone else about this saga and she said that she had had a few glasses amounting to a bottle of alcohol free wine and felt like she might as well have had the good stuff the night before as she felt rough the next day.
I accidentally bought my husband alcohol free sparkling winelast night and decided to try it out just now. After a few mouthfuls I felt...I can't put my finger on it. I felt the muscles in my shoulders relax quite markedly. Am I that suggestible that my brain thinks I've had real alcohol? Or is there something in this stuff that has some kind of alcoholic effect?
Aibu in thinking alcohol free drinks can make you feel like you've had real alcohol?