Holy hell, that’s straight up evil if true. I hope the bad PR ran them out of business.
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You can turn off targeted ads on most platforms so the ads you get are useless.
But you are right, when searching for anti drinking info ads for drinking shouldn’t appear. I seem to remember there was a alcohol shop that was giving discounts for drinks if you gave them your sober token things you get.
meggied90@lemm.ee 10 months ago
dublet@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You can buy the coins for as little as £0.75 each (~$1) recovery12.co.uk/newcomer-aa-medallions-67-c.asp Then go to a bar and get a drink for almost nothing.
😀
Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
A lot of bars will give you free drinks if you give them your sobriety coin from AA.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 months ago
Unethical life pro tips: visit AA meetings to get sobriety coins and exchange them for free drinks.
Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
You can probably just buy the coins online lmao
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 months ago
But they would not be free.
twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I don’t believe this
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
it’s a big world. Any conceivable promotion you could think of us being done in at least a few places. Can’t imagine its common though
Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve definitely heard of bars offering free non alcoholic drinks to DD’s but I can’t imagine any trying to get AA coins in exchange for alcohol that’s crazy.
Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It’s very common, Google it for your location
flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No they don’t.
snopes.com/…/trade-aa-medallions-free-drinks/
A simple google search disproves that.
Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
A “simple goodge search” is not the same thing as some shit snopes article that i can tell isn’t right, from direct life experience. IDGAF what snopes says. its a real thing, and its stupidly easy to find. I’m not telling you how to google, even though you clearly suck at it.
LtLiana@startrek.website 7 months ago
I have to agree here, there’s a pub around the corner here (Germany) that consistently gives away free beer to recovering alcoholics because they think it’s the funny and manly thing to do.