My wife is pregnant and as a show of solidarity I’m not drinking around her (which cuts out the majority of my drinking). Which is not quite this experiment, but has shown me one thing where his and my experiences differ: Socializing.
As it turns out I socialize a lot in bars - and I don’t like bars at all when not drinking. Mocktails° help - but not enough, and basically no bars serve those in Seattle, only fancy restaurants. Which has meant more socializing at fancy restaurant bars…
In general it’s been a mildly interesting change in behavior and a pretty good experience.
° Fake beer is just bad. And I don’t like sodas. And soda water seems like ostentatious abstinence.
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Edit: Thanks for the suggestions! I should clearly have asked the internet before doing this, I could have been doing it much much better :)
As it turns out I socialize a lot in bars - and I don’t like bars at all when not drinking. Mocktails° help - but not enough, and basically no bars serve those in Seattle, only fancy restaurants. Which has meant more socializing at fancy restaurant bars…
In general it’s been a mildly interesting change in behavior and a pretty good experience.
° Fake beer is just bad. And I don’t like sodas. And soda water seems like ostentatious abstinence.
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Edit: Thanks for the suggestions! I should clearly have asked the internet before doing this, I could have been doing it much much better :)