The Partying of the Future

STILL INCLUDES SEX –

Dec. 6, 2023 – Nothing about this night out is unusual. Well… except, maybe one thing. That margarita I’m clutching? It’s alcohol-free. The bottles I’m surrounded by? Each one of them, from the ‘absinthe’ to the ‘whisky’, is as well. The entire bar is. The DJ has been sober for the past five years and hosts wild parties, within that very basement, where inhibitions are lowered, yes, but not by any liquid or powder.

We’re living in the era of ‘dry’ partying. Supposedly the soberest generation in recent history, we are either staying home or, if we’re out, we are drinking 0% beers and hitting the gym the next morning. Hedonism? Out. Health? Very much in. Or, at least that’s what the headlines and statistics tell us. But is it the truth? I hit the party ‘circuit’ to find out…

Pulled into the group, a tangle of trembling limbs, feeling unsure as to whose hand was whose, Cara* was surprised at how easy she found it all. How hot the experience was. How willing she was to join in, without swallowing down some liquid courage in the form of a G&T. ‘I hadn’t even pulled sober before, now I was having my first threesome without having had one drink.’