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Dallas, TX - One of the most expensive components of a wedding reception is, without a doubt, the alcohol. In some cases, you may wind up paying more per person for alcohol than you do for the food at the wedding reception.

In addition to the high cost of wedding reception alcohol, the fact of the matter is many people may not wish to serve alcohol on ethical or moral grounds. Maybe your religion frowns on alcohol. maybe you have friends or family members that are recovering alcoholics and you’d like to make the reception a stress-free environment for those people. Even if you’re not a teetotaler, there are other possible ethical reasons you may choose not to serve alcohol at your wedding reception.

You shouldn’t feel pressured to serve alcohol at your wedding. The fact of the matter is that more and more weddings are being held without alcohol, for many of the reasons stated above.

Fortunately, there are a variety of wedding reception alcohol alternatives. One option is to have the wedding earlier in the day. If your reception is at 2 PM, you’ll have fewer people even know or think about whether or not there is alcohol at the reception.

You can also substitute alcohol with some other premium offering. For example, you could have a coffee bar that offers lattes, mochas, cappuccino and espresso. Instead, you might have a gelato bar or even an ice cream bar.

It will be important, after you make the decision to have a wedding without alcohol, to stick with your decision. You should be diplomatic, but try to quiet those voices of argument. In some cases, you may feel pressured by your family to reverse your choice.

While you shouldn’t feel obligated to justify your decision to anyone, you can use a number of arguments to make the case about why you’re not having alcohol at your reception. You could explain the religious customs or convictions behind the decision, for example. You could certainly go the cost route, and talk about how expensive the liquor would be and how you’d rather spend the money on something else for the wedding.

In some cases, you might consider a compromise arrangement. One possibility is to use a cash bar. This greatly reduces the cost of alcohol at your wedding, and it makes it less likely that someone will drink to excess.

If you don’t want to serve alcohol at your wedding, talk to your wedding caterer or wedding planner. She will probably have some excellent suggestions for you as far as what you can do instead of alcohol, and even how you can address the lack of alcohol at your wedding reception.

At the end of the day, remember finally that it’s your decision. If you choose not to have alcohol at your wedding reception, your family and friends need to respect that decision. Choosing to use a wedding alcohol alternative can help to lessen the blow, and reduce the amount of conflict or complaining that you might face.