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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T14:15:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
  "tags": [
    "Food",
    "Life Lessons",
    "alcohol",
    "beer",
    "george clooney",
    "sobriety",
    "wine"
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  "textContent": "At approximately 11 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2025, I thought I’d lost it all. I found myself at the Williamsburg location of Barcade—a combination bar and vintage arcade—for my J-school’s end-of-semester party. No particular part of me wanted to spend the night in Williamsburg or at an arcade, let alone both at once. But I needed to make more friends at school. Recently, after a professor offered me some advice, she recommended I also consult my “J-school besties.” When I thought to myself, “Girl, that’s you,” I realized I had a problem.\n\nThus, Barcade, along with pleasantries about the upcoming winter break, travel plans, and holiday traditions. When someone asked if I wanted to grab a drink, I offered a friendly “Yes!” and ordered a Sam Adams “Just The Haze” non-alcoholic IPA.\n\nIt tasted so good—so IPA-like—that I thought the bartender accidentally served me alcohol, less than a month away from my one-year sober anniversary. Bready fizz pooled at the back of my throat while I considered how upset to feel about 337 days of hard work gone in an instant—at a locale named _Barcade_ , of all places. Does an accidental sip count as a relapse? I turned to the bartender, who saw the look of alarm in my eyes and immediately anticipated my concern. “It’s really good, right? Almost tastes too much like the real thing?”",
  "title": "Why Is NA Wine So Far Behind NA Beer?"
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