r/Teetotal • u/ElCurgeo • 19h ago

Accidentally had an alcoholic chocolate, what do I do

I'm 24/M and have never had any alcohol in my life. I'm on vacation and had a free sample at a chocolate shop that was not listed as alcoholic, before seeing later that it was marked as "Contains Alcohol" elsewhere in the store. I feel like I got tricked into having alcohol and am not sure how to feel, does anyone have anything similar that happened or anything I feel lost

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u/Budget_Sentence_3100 19h ago

Ignore it and move on with your life. It’s fine. Probably as much alcohol in a couple of overripe bananas and it wasn’t intentional 

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u/ElCurgeo 15h ago

Thank you for this. I knew I was being crazy but having this affirmation from someone in the community was very needed, thank you

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u/Budget_Sentence_3100 14h ago

Not crazy at all, it caught you off guard, it’s not happened before and it’s something you care strongly about. It’s an understandable human response.  It will happen again at some point in your life and you’ll find it less worrying. 

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u/thatsmyboycam 7h ago

I agree, could be similar to a small amount of swallowed mouth wash so no worries but I would be annoyed if it wasn’t labeled too

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u/spacebarstool 19h ago

There is alcohol is so many things. It is just that the amount of alcohol in those things is so low that you dont feel any intoxicating effects.

Vanilla, some deserts, cough medicine,mouthwash, NA beer... the list is exhausting of what contains low amounts of alcohol.

That chocolate doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

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u/Fair_Caterpillar_920 18h ago

Wow, I hope no one in this sub drinks kombucha.

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u/Inspired_by_cats 14h ago

That just fermented tea

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u/Fair_Caterpillar_920 14h ago

It literally has warnings on the label not to drink if you're pregnant because it contains alcohol.

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u/HikaruToya 15h ago

Very recently I was at a catered brunch and grabbed what I thought was a glass of just OJ. It took me swallowing the first sip to be certain--it was a mimosa.

It was one sip, I took it by accident, didn't drink more after that. Doesn't change the fact that I'm teetotal. Maybe if I'd drank the whole thing or took that sip intentionally that'd be a little different.

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u/FroggieBlue 1h ago

Same happened to me at a wedding. I thought it was off orange juice.

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u/mustang6172 19h ago

Two options:

  1. Induce vomiting
  2. Nothing

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u/robertcopeland 15h ago

nothing! it's of no importance