I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic.

NEVER and I mean NEVER have I seen so many fucking ads for alcohol in my LIFE. Instagram? 15 ads in a half hour of scrolling reels. YouTube? Ads. Google results? Ads. Twitter? Ads.

It’s fucking everywhere and it’s SICK. I’m researching how to help someone stop drinking and I’m getting inundated with ads for anything from gin, beers, vodkas and more. I can’t even imagine having an alcohol issue and trying to find help for myself with the web being this way.

It’s fucking sick.

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A lot of bars will give you free drinks if you give them your sobriety coin from AA.

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Unethical life pro tips: visit AA meetings to get sobriety coins and exchange them for free drinks.

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You can probably just buy the coins online lmao

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But they would not be free.

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I don’t believe this

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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

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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.

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It’s very common, Google it for your location

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No they don’t.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trade-aa-medallions-free-drinks/

A simple google search disproves that.

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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.

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