What’s Behind the Elective-Sobriety Trend
Why people are giving up drinking, even when they don’t have a problem
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12 min readApr 10, 2019
On a warmer-than-average Thursday evening in February, 40 women gathered in Philadelphia’s industrial-chic Front Street Cafe for happy hour — but instead of ordering rosé or craft beer, they sipped artisanal mocktails and locally brewed kombucha. Billed as an event for “sober…