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The guys from @gang_mash are coming to NYC, stop by at Hekate & Minus Moonshine next Saturday for some non-alcoholic beer samples. More info: handstamp.events/GcoH

So honored to have been given the opportunity to serve non-alcoholic drinks at @phnyc tonight, such a wonderful event! I can’t wait to see Wet Brain!

pls give me your best non-alch things to do w/ friends in nyc

We created a Slack channel for folks running non-alcoholic events, bars, and bottle shops, to discuss event planning, marketing strategy, logistics, etc. Comment if you'd like to join!

Just published a new blog post: Non-alc 101: Non-alcoholic beer, near beer & nonnies thirdplacebar.nyc/blog/non-a…

We've got a bunch of awesome alcohol-free events coming up during Pride month :) Join our Sober Queer Social on June 11, Trivia Night on June 15, and our Sober Drag Brunch on June 18! Info and 🎟️ tickets here: handstamp.com/thirdplacebarn…

We're off to Chicago in a couple of weeks to setup brewing in the US! 🍻 We're doing layovers in NYC and Lafayette, IN. Please leave recommendations of places to eat and drink, and things to do in the comments 👇

If you love Aperol Spritz in summer, try this non-alcoholic version!

Spotted in @menshealthuk. 'The Sober Mixologist's Masterclass'. Who says you need alcohol for a great cocktail? Noah from @joinclubsoda disagrees. He now creates a wide range of delicious #alcoholfree drinks at the Club Soda Tasting Room and Bar in Covent Garden #London. 🍸

Important thread

I know everyone’s up in arms about this @Reductress post so I figured I’d be that person that takes this way to seriously and comes in with the “well, actually…” 🤓

Putting this out into the world: - Need to send @JLo some @drinkjas Does anybody have access to her team? #manifesting

Hey NYC: we’re running a booze-free platonic friend speed meet event on Friday April 7 at Here BK in Brooklyn! Tickets required, get yours asap - price will go up the day of the event! handstamp.events/WLx8 #sober #sobercurious #NYC

SUPER excited for our next event: a booze-free friend speed meet! Join us on April 7 for non-alcoholic drinks and fun quick chats! handstamp.events/WLx8

Due to a higher demand for sober revelry, some New York City bars will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday often associated with booze, by serving nonalcoholic whiskey or Guinness. nyti.ms/3JlFnKs

On Pausing Alcohol "Always carry a flask of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake." -- W. C. Fields About six months ago, I stopped drinking alcohol. I feel much better, and I’m mad as hell about it. I never really drank through my 20s and 30s, but grew to really enjoy whiskey through my 40s, coincident with “Mad Men”, and roughly a thousand academic studies that proved that alcohol is actually good for you. Win/win! I had read that the sure sign of an alcoholic is someone who drinks at night, by himself, at home, so I decided to only drink at night, by myself, at home. I was even scurrilously quoted as saying “the perfect day is 10 hours of caffeine followed by 4 hours of alcohol”, which I did indeed say, and which is still indeed true. Unfortunately, in recent years, it’s become clear that most or all — probably all — of the scientific studies on the benefits of alcohol are fake, the scientists unwitting or witting victims of selection effects. As Michael Crichton says, “wet streets cause rain”, or rather wet streets don’t cause rain. It turns out that sick people often don’t drink, or subjects just lie to researchers about their consumption outright. There go the studies. It is now pretty definitively clear that no amount of alcohol is good for you. Andrew Huberman recently summed this conclusion up on his podcast; the topic made me so enraged I never listened to the episode, but I did read the notes. Andrew says “the best amount of alcohol to drink is no alcohol” — imagine someone who both hates and loves humanity that much. Since I stopped drinking, I feel much better. I don’t need as much sleep, but my sleep is better. I’m more alert through the day. I’m cogent and focused at all times. I have more energy when I exercise, and it’s easier to control my diet. It’s great, and I am super mad about it. I feel like the color has drained out of my evenings[*]. Spending time with people is still fun, but now it’s hard to sit still and watch a movie or read a book and unwind at the end of a hard day. I’m more prone to just work until bedtime. Grump grump grump. Frankly, I don’t know what Elon is doing farting around with cars and rockets and Twitter, why doesn’t he solve THIS problem[**]. And one of these days, I am going to get deeply, seriously, hammered. But not today! [*] A lot of people I know are substituting cannabis or hallucinogens for alcohol. I’m not, I won’t touch any of those things — a topic for another time. [**] I’ve been trying all the alcohol free whiskeys, wine, and beer. So far, no luck on the whiskeys. For wine, Sovi is pretty good. For beer, there are quite a few good choices; I’ve become partial to Hopwtr, which is zero calorie hop-flavored sparkling water. I’m still not drinking either at breakfast, though I am tempted.

It’s a sober party, 2am-2pm, mad stoked to see this. I’ll be there!

This Friday! Trivia time! handstamp.events/9b7o