Another weekend is here, and your first thought may be to buy your favorite drink at a local bar.

Others, like Lex Jones, said she prefers to spend her time at non-alcoholic bars like Ohio City’s Verbena Free Spirited.

“I stopped drinking a couple of years ago just because it wasn’t making me feel great,” said Jones, a bartender at Verbena Free Spirited.

“I think people just want an alternative lifestyle. They want to have more options.”

When asking around, News 5 learned Jones isn’t the only one drinking less these days.

“I don’t think it really suits me anymore,” said Megan Sullivan.

Unlike Jones, Sullivan said she will enjoy the occasional cocktail.

But she said her days of heavy drinking are in the past.

“I don’t really see the purpose anymore. Like, I’m not going out to the cl

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