Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
It's not a need. Again the sober bars it's because they don't want the presence of alcohol.Why do they need “special” bars to not drink? Any bar or restaurant can serve non-alcoholic drinks.
And honestly it does sound like a millennial thing. Us baby boomers know how to go to a party, bar, whatever and not drink without a whole movement or special place to do it.
To me there's different components of said movement:
1) Places to be socially without alcohol at all. Not just that you're not drinking but that there's no alcohol period and everyone is completely sober
2) Abstaining from alcohol after a period of drinking more heavily or taking a break from drinking a lot. This may include just not going out period or if you have a place near you attending a sober only event
3) Going out to places but saying no to drinking alcohol when you would have said yes before.
4) etc.
And it's not an US vs THEM mentality. If you want to put it that way US Millennials know how to party, go to a bar, whatever not drink without a whole movement or special place to do it. Clearly in my area it's not only those perceived to be Millennials who are going to these sober bars. There's an inherent problem with labeling things generational.
FWIW I know far more people aged 50+ who can't seem to go to a bar without drinking and drinking to excess, or to the professional sporting event, or to the company's holiday party, etc etc. I know many more late 20s-30s who aren't interested in drinking or at least to excess or have to by virtue of the environment. But to me that's not a generational thing nor would I make it out to be.