What to drink if not alcohol?

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I'm not doing dry January necessarily but as I'm getting older I think it would probably do me good to cut down on drinking. I drink approx. 1 bottle of wine a week, over 2 or 3 nights.

What I really like about drinking is the ritual - the nice glass, etc. - which is why a cup of tea or water won't cut it! So what do you drink when you're not drinking alcohol, say in a bar or out for dinner?

If I’m out, Coke Zero. When I’m home, the alcohol free white wine is ok, but fruity. Schweppes zero tonic is nice enough (ice + slice added) and there are reasonable alcohol free beer now.
As for tea, there are a host of teas or infusions with no caffeine. It’s trial and error to find what works for you. I love ginger beer, but it has a lot of sugar.

I like ginger beer or a grapefruit and soda /lemonade, or a mix of pineapple and grapefruit juice. Lemon & ginger tea is lovely too either hot or cooled down in a long glass with ice.

For me, elderflower cordial with some sort of fizzy drink, and some lemon and mint.

Alcohol free beer, I e a list that I'll drink in order of prefer

Tonic water or bitter lemon in a glass with ice and garnish. Sparkling water with fresh lime.
Alcohol free g&t.

We drink kombucha in a wine glass.. get the little cans when they’re on special price. Not too sweet and in the wine glass still feels a bit fancy.
The one we keep returning to is Hip Pop 👍

The Shloer non alcoholic Pink Bubbly is nice. It almost tastes like it is alcoholic, but isn’t.

Lime and soda
Tonic water
Zero alcohol gin (Tanqueray) and tonic

Alcohol free larger- Erdinger or Leffe.
Appletise
Lime and soda.

Alcohol free beer
Kylie’s Alcohol free rosé
Seedlip botanicals with fizzy water ( I can’t drink tonic)
but this year I am trying to break the habit of meal = alcohol/ alcohol free alternative and just drinking more water with meals. :)
Good luck on cutting back. It’s the best thing you will do for your all round health.

Flavoured sparkling water in a nice glass. I like the tescos ones.

Tonic water

Alcohol free beer, lucky Saint is good
alcohol free g&T Tesco own brand pack of 4 cans is the best
M&s do a range of AF drinks, the rum and coke is good, try the others you might find one you like
Captain Morgan af rum is great

I second kombucha, has a lovely little kick to it which for me makes it feel like a more "interesting" drink

Cranberry & soda or pineapple & soda.

The Aldi San pelligrino dupes! Orange or lemon with loads of ice in a nice glass

I’m a teetotaller, and drink out of wine/champagne glasses: Diet Coke, Bottle Green sparkling drinks, Appletiser, San Pellegrino, J2O Spritz, Fever Tree, Belvoir sparkling drinks, etc. if it’s the ritual, get it in a champagne glass!

Alcohol free gin and fever tree tonic. The Mediterranean is nice.

I like AF Leffe and Martini Vibrante.

Also a nice rose lemonade.

I like the Trip CBD drinks, especially cucumber and mint

I drink Elderflower cordial and soda when I'm out. Most pubs and restaurants have Elderflower cordial these days.

Occasionally a non alcoholic cocktail but they can get a bit sickly sweet.

I love an AF gin and tonic, they're so good, and you get the ritual of ice and a slice etc when you make it.

I've been AF for 5 years.. I tend to drink AF beer, Guinness and Gin & Tonic. Often it'll just be fizzy water - the bubbles make it more interesting. There is so much AF choice out there now as opposed to 20 years ago. Just try to avoid replacing alcohol with sugary drinks as that is just as harmful in its own way.

These are really nice and feel like a treat as well as being relaxing

CBD
Kombucha
Magnesium Soda