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Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by joekrill on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:06PM (#40357392)
There's many occasions where I don't want to drink, but not doing so can make things uncomfortable. It's unfortunate, but there's lots of occasions where abstaining can make other people uncomfortable, or cause them to give you a hard time, or any number of other things. I would love to be able to take something that allows me drink but with none of the side effects, just to avoid potential uncomfortable situations. Again, I'm not condoning the behavior and it's unfortunate that this is how society is sometimes. But it would be nice to have this option.

There's also people who have difficulty controlling their drinking once they start. This would certainly help in those scenarios.

Another example is a situation where a woman may be pregnant so doesn't want to drink, but may not be far enough along that she wants people to know. Not drinking would get people wondering, but drinking could harm the fetus. I don't know if this gel would make drinking safe in that scenario - but if it does, that would be a great situation to use it in.

Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by hn72774 on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:19PM (#40357556)
Club soda with lime. No one knows there's not vodka in it but you.
Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by colecut on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:41PM (#40357816)
Club soda and bitters has been a recent goto
Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by FredPret on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:11PM (#40357460)
If people are uncomfortable with you not drinking, that's very much on them
Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by joekrill on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:17PM (#40357518)
Agreed. And ideally that shouldn't matter. But in the real world there are other consequences and side effects. Maybe I don't want to make them uncomfortable. Maybe I just don't want to deal with the nagging, "busting my chops", or the questions about why I'm not drinking. Maybe I want to avoid some preconceived notions certain people may have about people who don't drink. So even if it's on them, there are still personal reasons I may want to avoid the situation.
Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by gwbas1c on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:53PM (#40360030)
I encountered a lot of peer pressure to drink when I was in college. (I didn't drink much because a lot of alcohol makes my stomach upset.)

Don't surround yourself with people who make you uncomfortable. It's a lesson I realized as I got older: It has little to do with drinking; but if the people around you make you feel uncomfortable not drinking, then you're around the wrong people.

Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by FredPret on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:44PM (#40361003)
> Don't surround yourself with people who make you uncomfortable.

I wish I learnt this at age 0. This goes for online life as well.

Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by FredPret on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:38PM (#40357778)
People will take their cue from you as to how to respond. If you act embarrassed about it, they’ll react accordingly. If it’s no big deal to you, same thing for them.

I quit cold turkey years ago. I was worried about the same things. But even my most macho & hard-drinking friends just accepted it without comment.

Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by zoklet-enjoyer on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @01:18PM (#40357533)
Stop giving in to peer pressure. You'll be happier.
Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by Tepix on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @06:12PM (#40360740)
> There's many occasions where I don't want to drink, but not doing so can make things uncomfortable.

People don't care as much if/what others drink as you think.