Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol?

Weed is probably the closest thing, and should be far more healthy than alcohol.

Vaporizers (dry flower or otherwise) are low on smell, edibles have no smell at all but can take a while to kick in.

I don’t think that life can be as fun without alcohol so instead of totally quitting i would try to reduce it for special occasions like night clubbing

You can live your life and still avoid the obvious bad ideas. In fact on average you'll live a longer and more fun life.

N/A beer has gotten surprisingly good over the last couple years. The brand I’ve been getting around here is Wellbeing - I like their Amber and Pale ales

Since you don't have any issue being around it, just order a tonic, coke or 0% beer at the bar. Half-decent friends won't require you to drink. Most of my friends slowly switched to non-alcoholic drinks at some point in their 30's. I drink a little, but something about my body's reaction changed to alcohol as I got older and it mostly produces sleep instead of euphoria now.

And for what to do if you'd rather not spend your weekend at the bar with friends, well you can do anything else, and that's a pretty vast category. Just do a brainstorm on the things that interest you. Sit down and list 10 things. Then 20. Keep going till you have a list of 100 things that interest you. There will be that many things. The world is an interesting place for most.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies