I have to admit, when I first went sober, the term sober curious upset me. It was because it was a label for people who could go back to drinking if they wanted to. It hadn’t been an issue for them before and it wouldn’t be later. I wanted so desperately to be that kind of person in the beginning.

But now I embrace it. Because of that label, there are more nonalcoholic bars and beers being made. So while I am sober now, I can still enjoy a nonalcoholic beer every now and then. It’s also less weird now to say I don’t drink. So I welcome it!