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I change the message and behaviour about alcohol in my family and company. It can be small changes like, renaming event from "Beer afterwork" to "Gettogether", offering water before any other drink etc. Slowly removing the social pressure and availability.

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So many of my older coworkers only seem to want to drink. Every outing is to a bar or pub of some sort. I do not drink at all, and often feel excluded. Constant questions and pressures "Why aren't you drinking? Just have one..." Even in the office there are mini bars scattered about. The culture needs to change.

I wonder if there could be a stand in beverage for crap like this. With the right color and frothy bubbles. Idk sparkling apple juice?

Liquid Death is going for that niche

I quite enjoy Heineken Zero, doesn’t taste exactly like normal Heineken, but definitely tastes like a lager and has <0.05% alcohol.

Sometime in my 30s I found that alcohol (even just a couple of beers) can make me feel really fatigued the next day, so I drink it quite rarely these days.

So far the only NA beers I have found that taste like real beer are from Athletic Brewing. I avoid alcohol but also really like the taste of beer, so I'm loving the Athletic beers. I highly recommend them.

My girlfriend has been drinking NOMO from crux fermentation project as a lower carb alternative.

Club soda with a lime is a good way to go

Or just non-alcoholic beer. That’s like half it’s purpose.

Or you could drink Liquid Death, legit really good water and a meme.

There's been a ton of innovation in that space recently, and I'm seeing a lot of bars and breweries starting to carry N/A options now. Athletic Brewing is doing a lot of stuff in the US that I see around. There's also a lot of places making Hop Water that's essentially house sparkling flavored water that's really nice.

Shout out to Lagunitas Hop Water. Also Trader Joe's just started carrying it.

Also, unironically, r/HydroHomies, it has been my drink of choice in social settings for a few years now. That and coffee.

Shirley Temples and Rob Roys

Alcohol free beers are in every bar I go to. Sparkling water with lemon will pass as a gin and tonic in most too!

I've seen some products like this advertised. Seedlip, for one.

It's okay, not great. I'd rather drink tonic with an lot of bitters tbh.

I for one don't mind if alcohol is available at work events but I agree no one should be pressured to participate

I have a coworker who I've worked with for 9 years of which the entirety I've been sober, he offers me a beer multiple times a year.

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