Suggestions for non-alcoholic drinks

Just ask for a coke in a tall glass, it will look like a mixed drink

Pellegrino with lime, ghia, coke zero.

No one notices or cares what you are or aren’t drinking.

I always order a Pink Lady.

I ask for lemonade. If they don't have it, then soda with a wedge of lemon.

Ginger ale

Club soda with lime

Orange juice and Sprite

Water with lemon or lime

Oh girl, people totally notice when you're not drinking and feel like it's an implicit criticism of them. Drunks don't want to be alone.

V8! That's low sodium V8 id you dare.

At brunch, I order a Virgin Mary. Tonic water and lemon or lime is another good one.

OJ and grenadine. Looks like a Tequila Sunrise.

I always order a soda water with a lime twist (which people assume is a vodka and tonic or a gin and tonic).

My favorite ish wine!

Virgin Palmoa is nice.

If the bar you're at has a drink menu, look for any mocktails they might specialize in.

R3, what R7 stated is exactly what I'm dealing with. I don't care that my friends drink, however they seem to take offense / exception that I no longer do.

You're going to holiday parties and bars? 🥳 Envious! These are all 86'd again in Switzerland. Table service ONLY in bars. No standing. And they would prefer you sitting on the terrace under a heat lamp shivering your moobs off.

How about a Shirley Temple? Fill a Collins glass with ice, add a dash of grenadine, fill with ginger ale. Decorate with a cherry and an orange slice.

Sprite, ice and a slice of lime.

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[quote]I don't care that my friends drink, however they seem to take offense / exception that I no longer do.

Nice friends you’ve got there. Just tell them to STFU and stop making an issue out of it. If they don’t, punch and delete.

I hear water's nice.

Fish seem to like it.

r19 Ever see the quote attributed to W. C. Fields? "I never drink water, fish fuck in it."

[quote] I don't care that my friends drink, however they seem to take offense / exception that I no longer do.

You really need to get some better friends. Only the most fucked up people care that others aren't drinking

There are lots of non-alcoholic beers.OP like Heineken zero. Although when I quit drinking, my friends had to go in the trash with the habit. It became excruciatingly clear to me that they didn't give a fuck if I was struggling with drinking, they just wanted someone to drink with them as a partner in crime. This was one of the most surprising things about quitting, and is such a cliché, I had never believed it.

Chilled Ovaltine or Carnation Instant Breakfast drink camouflaging as a chocolate martini.

Wow. It’s Fresca.

Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper

I've faced the same thing. I ask to be served ina wine or highball glass. I recommend coke or diet coke and tonic with a piece of lemon.

[quote] "Club soda with lime"

This is my go-to, R6. Sometimes it's just a slice of lime, sometimes a shot of fruit juice, a few pumps of Monin syrup, or a shot of cooled espresso (with or without additional flavoring) over the ice before filling it with the seltzer.

"that doesn't draw attention to the fact you're not drinking"

Why on earth would you care if someone saw you not drinking??

R14 That is a sad state of "friendship." Time to grow past that group of "friends."

Coke and lime, and it tastes like some alcoholic drink.

OP, on cruise ships a lot of people order a Pina Colada with no alcohol.

Ginger ale works. Or a non-alcoholic ginger beer.

Or, if they have it, spiced apple cider. I'm headed to Starbucks to get one now.

Be careful over indulging with these mixers - I gained 10 pounds during the pandemic drinking tonic and orange juice (not together). I stopped in Oct and have since lost 12 pounds while eating the same diet. I will not drink artificial sweetners, so diet tonic is out.

Peter Tork was so hot when he was young. Also - we need bulge pictures.

R34 needs an intervention

Can't you just get a soda? People won't know it's not a rum and Coke or a white wine spritzer if you don't say.

OP must be in his (early) 20s to have friends whose goal is to go out and get drunk. Anything more than one drink an hour is sloppy.

R3 actually, they do. People are quite pushy about this for some incredibly weird reason.

That pomegranate fizz punch in a can from Trader Joe’s. Good luck finding it. It’s on 🔥

Former TGI Fridays employee here. They had a whole selection of non alcoholic cocktails back in the 90's. My favorite was their non-alcoholic pina colada. It had coconut milk, apple juice, and rum flavored extract with butter and sugar.

I don't drink either, and my go-to drink ALWAYS at any social event is ginger ale. It's guaranteed that they'll have it and it tastes good. Also, it looks like whiskey or champagne, so people might think that you're "drinking."

Other than that, sometimes I order plain seltzer or tonic water.

Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. FINALLY I have found a truly spicy ginger beer. No fake ingredients, or sweeteners. There is a lower calorie/carb version (Naturally light) That isn't actually *all that low* in carbs and calories, but it helps. TRUST ME BITCHES. You really won't miss the booze. The ginger does all of the work. You get a ginger buzz. Yes, it is that spicy. All other pretenders to the throne, hang down your heads. Serve over rocks or crushed ice in a tall glass. It is magic, and truly refreshing.

I sound like a shill, I know. Not a shill, just someone trying to quit alcohol, and it is fucking hard.

OP sounds like a fussy downer. No one cares what you drink if you don't draw attention to what you are or aren't drinking.

Seltzer and bitters. It's wonderful, refreshing, low calorie and looks like an alcoholic beverage if that's what you're going for.

1 dash of your favorite bitters (or to taste if you're a flavor queen) for every ounce of seltzer. Serve over ice and add a lemon twist.

And here are some fancy takes on the standard seltzer and bitters...

The muddled berry sounds delish.

Order a Shirley Temple.

On the serious side: why are you running with a bunch of cocktail sisters? You're sober now; hang with sober people.

R41 tonic water is god awful.

Who gives a fuck what other people think you’re drinking!! Drink a motherfucking Pepsi!

Water 💧

Most people don’t care if you drink or don’t drink.

Alcoholics get very bent out of shape if you’re not drinking.

I LOVE TONIC without the vodka, I just need to find a low calorie version with no aspartame.