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              "plaintext": "I wanted my next post to be about some of the whiskey substitutes I've experimented with, but since today marks one year since my last drink, I thought I'd commemorate the occasion, and share some observations."
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              "plaintext": "Do I miss drinking?  Rather than a simple yes or no, I think I need to dissect what drinking is."
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              "plaintext": "Do I miss the narcotic effect of alcohol? Only a little, as it would be nice to have a shortcut to calm nerves at the end of a stressful day.  I don't need it for liquid courage, or to 'celebrate' from an internal point of view, and using it as a crutch to manage stress never felt that right to me."
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              "plaintext": "Do I miss the taste?  I'll have posts on near-beers, and other substitutes in the future, but the short answer is no, I'm managing that part just fine."
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              "plaintext": "When I look at drinking culture and habits, what I notice is the concept of ritual.  Certain foods seem to call for certain drinks, for example, and even that drink to mark the end of the workday/workweek has a ritualistic element to it.  When you can observe a ritual (or a reasonable facsimile of the original ritual) with an non-alcoholic substitute, the only thing really missing is the narcotic effect - which is a depressant, and not something I need."
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