The hottest trend right now is coincidentally great for your health: abstaining from alcohol. Younger people are ditching alcohol to focus on healthier lifestyles and alternative beverages. Many are more interested in getting high than getting drunk, which doesn’t come with a nasty hangover. You can swap alcohol for replacement drinks to keep the social sipping vibe without a hangover the next day.

Check out our top alcohol replacement drinks for everyone who is over alcohol.

Mocktails

One of the most popular alcohol replacement drinks is mocktails! Many people want to give up alcohol, but not the fun and flavor of a freshly made cocktail. Enter mocktails. These are drinks crafted just like cocktails, minus the alcohol.

Sometimes, it’s as simple as making the cocktail recipe and just skipping the alcohol. Sometimes, it’s more complicated, involving nonalcoholic versions of common spirits, including vodka, gin, whiskey, and tequila. The idea of mocktails may sound new, but it’s just the latest name for virgin drinks. Maybe you’re familiar with these classic mocktails:

Shirley Temple
Roy Rogers
Arnold Palmer
Virgin Mojito
Virgin Pina Colada

We all used to be hyped to sip on a fancy-pants Shirley Temple alongside our parent’s cocktails. But mocktails have been upgraded in recent years. These days, there are plenty of brands making zero-proof versions of beloved liquors and liqueurs. But they can be pricey.

Nonalcoholic Beer and Wine

If you’re more of a beer and wine person, mocktails won’t fill the hole when you ditch alcohol. Thankfully, many companies are producing nonalcoholic versions of these drinks too! Gen Z is turning away from alcohol, choosing to be California Sober, completely sober, or just a more infrequent drinker. And that’s spurred a flood of nonalcoholic options on the market.

Even at most restaurants and bars, you’ll find N/A versions of beer on the menu. N/A wine is as widespread yet, but we’re confident the vino tides will change soon, and you’ll zero-proof wine on more menus. These drinks allow you to enjoy the familiar beer and wine taste you love without the hangover.

Hemp-Infused Beverages

While mocktails and N/A drinks nail the flavor of alcoholic beverages, they don’t give you that buzz or relaxing feeling. They’ll get you as lifted and hazy as a Sprite. That’s why hemp-infused beverages are on the rise.

Hemp-infused beverages can contain THC, CBD, CBN, CBG, or a combination of cannabis compounds. These give you a gentle buzz and uplifted feeling that is even more enjoyable than the buzz from alcohol. Best of all, this buzz doesn’t come with the next-day nausea, headaches, and other hangover symptoms.

People are particularly fond of THC-infused seltzers from beloved brands like:

These seltzers combine a pleasant fizz with yummy flavors and leave you feeling chilled out and flying high.

Beyond seltzers, you can also find weed-infused wine and beer! So you can enjoy the drinks you’ve always loved and a fun high. Hemp is federally legal thanks to the 2018 Farm Bill, so you can find these drinks in every state. However, marijuana and hemp laws still differ from state to state — check our guide for more info.

Hemp Mocktails

Hemp mocktails combine the elevated vibe of a mocktail or cocktail with the floaty feeling of hemp-infused beverages. There are typically two ways to make hemp mocktails. You can either make a typical mocktail and then add a few drops of cannabis tincture. Or you can use a hemp-infused beverage, like Find Wunder, as a main mocktail ingredient.

These are some of our favorite alcohol alternatives, checking off all the right boxes: tasty, fancy, buzzy, and fun. There’s a cannabis mocktail for every occasion, from Christmas to St. Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and the Super Bowl.

If you need inspiration, our blog is full of irresistible cannabis mocktail recipes. Try one of our delicious recipes, ranging from completely unique beverages to classic drinks:

Making these mocktails is a fun treat, and you can always experiment with your own recipes!

Soft Drinks

This alcohol replacement is not particularly exciting, but soft drinks are always an option. Instead of grabbing a beer, you can grab a can of soda. Coke, root beer, Sprite, orange soda, Dr. Pepper, and Mountain Dew are popular options.

However, with loads of sugar and high-calorie content, these are only a slightly healthier choice than alcohol. And they don’t give you any kind of buzz, except maybe an imperceptible sugar high.

You can try the new prebiotic sodas hitting the market, like Olipop and Poppi. While they’re good for your gut, they still do nothing to help you unwind and feel good.

Energy Drinks

Lastly, many like to replace alcohol with energy drinks, such as Red Bull, Monster, or Rockstar. But these aren’t good for you because of their high sugar and caffeine content.

These severely dehydrate you while contributing to health issues like cardiovascular health, high blood pressure, and tooth decay. An energy drink every once in a while is fine, but consuming these regularly is harmful.

Care for Yourself and Be Carefree

Giving up alcohol is a massive win for your health. Alcohol is associated with increased cancer risk, heart problems, liver disease, and many more serious health issues.

With the right alcohol replacement drinks, you can be kinder to your body and sip on tasty beverages. And if you want that relaxing, buzzy feeling, hemp beverages like Find Wunder are the way to go. Shop our mouthwatering flavors and different THC dosages!