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In real life, alcohol will never fade. It is a natural process when grain and fruit meet water. When we go away from this planet, you better believe that hops and grapes and yeast will be onboard the colony ships.
In fiction, why on earth would you eliminate a perfect setting for dialog such as a bar? Nothing could be more boring than a long explanation of why mankind gave up alcohol. Alcohol makes for social settings where the yuppy, cybernetic detective, futuristic woodsman, orphaned heir to the throne, or alien can move the story along by talking to other bar patrons.
Nothing kills a story faster than long paragraphs or pages of explanation about the story's environment. Let you reader discover it through conversation and action.
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