My brother has or had now a drinking problem. Now he is asking for the worst tasting crap that he can take a cap full like an airplance bottle so his body whenever he thinks about it will remember

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• joan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Translation (I think): My brother is getting over a drinking problem. What are some suggestions for bad-tasting alcohol for him to carry around in an “airplane bottle” so that he will be reminded not to drink when he wants to?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Basically yes

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This is just his way to keep drinking and sell it to himself and others as “doing something against it”.
      Don’t encourage or enable him in this. The only way to stop drinking is to STOP. DRINKING.

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  • joan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    i don’t have any suggestions, by the way (im a child)

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      (im a child)

      I see someone already is doing the age verification system, but that’s not how this works…

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I read that twice and I’m at a loss as to the meaning of most of it.

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Anyone wanna play the guessing game bot/tism/drugs/hungover?

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You forgot concussion, and having a stroke.

      OP…hey, we care about you. Do you smell toast? Well, let me know if you smell toast. I’m making toast, so if you smell it, it’s probably popped up and ready.

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Tell him to get on Naltrexone if he wants to drink himself sober. Its legit and one of the most effective approaches known, actually retrains you so alcohol doesnt get you what you expect from it

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• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nothing. That’s not how alcoholism works.

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• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is a bad idea. He will just acquire a taste for whatever “tastes bad”. This isn’t going to be some magic trick that nobody has ever thought of.

  I was lucky enough to be able to quit without any programs, but in my worst, I was choosing things that were “harder to drink” because of their taste (like the most bitter beers I could find) so that I would “drink slower”. All it did was make me acquire a taste for really bitter beer and I drank as fast as ever.

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• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I didn’t know there was pickle tasting booze but how about you modify his idea and give him some straight up pickle juice? And just tell him it’s alcohol. I’m pretty sure if your bro ingests alcohol again he’ll just form an attachment no matter how bad it tastes. Because the body craves ethanol.

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  • Kraiden@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Definitely not what op is looking for but an NZ brewery did a pickle sour beer for a while (they might still be doing it, not sure.) link

    It wasn’t bad! It was novel, and it was sold as a paired beer for just about every burger in an annual burger competition in Wellington one year. Unfortunately that meant everyone that participated in the competition got real sick of it though lol

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• sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So your brother’s solution to the drinking problem, is that every time he thinks of drinking alcohol, he drinks a little bit of alcohol?

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think the premise is to drink a capful of foul liquid like say Castor Oil (so says cartoons, never had it myself) whenever he gets the urge to drink, to associate them in his mind and help him quit. Tbf he didn’t invent the technique, it’s old as sin, and it has worked for some people.

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    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ah, a non-alcoholic foul liquid makes sense to me. The post originally said alcoholic but the post has been since edited.

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• tychosmoose@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Jepson’s Malört. Famously bitter. I think it’s nice, but it’s often served on a dare in bars in the Chicago area.

  Backup option would be straight Campari. He will need to be ok with probably dying his mouth red when he takes a sip. Mix 1:1 with some Fernet Branca to add some menthol and bitter herb flavors.

  If he finds bitter flavors tasty then idk.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Chytown home of the brave and enough able body americans to tell the government to get the fuck out after 3 days. Ill save this thank you

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  • hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Malort is so much worse than just bitter though. It’s like a mix of cheap artificial mint and burnt rubber. It’s probably one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever tasted, and that includes pure Bitrex.

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What in the hell is this word salad?

  Are you having a stroke OP?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nope going on my last 8 hours of a 72 hour run where I am stationed at.

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well that sure sounds healthy.

      Also, get your bro some thc to kick the booze.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And I ran…I ran so far away…

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    • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Maybe don’t post?

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• Archer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Bitrex and water

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• CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How about instead of gross alcohol, he punches himself in the balls when he wants to drink? He’ll still get the Pavlovian response but without having to continue drinking.

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Say what? Is this from grok?

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• LoonyLenny@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Akvavit

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• FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Underberg?! Or other incredibly bitter and foul liquid? It’s a novel idea but I don’t think it would really work. Maybe if you made it even more potent with sucrose octaacetate or denatonium benzoate (active ingredients in those nail varnishes that are supposed to stop you biting your nails).

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• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Bitrex is a substance you put in poisonous stuff (like antifreeze) so that kids and animals don’t drink it.

  www.bitrex.com/what-is-bitrex/

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  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is also used as nail polish to make children stop chewing nails.

    I actually loved the taste of that stuff - it made it worse.

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    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I seem to recall this not being very effective, but I can’t find any studies right now either way. Lots of marketing, and a little bit of anecdotes, but no studies.

      The idea being that they get used to it and just ignore it, because they want to bite their nails. At best it serves as a reminder when they do.

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• RandomUser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Bitrex

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Aviator gin?

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