Drinking and work events

I have really cut down drinking I have had maybe one drink this whole year. A few years ago I was used to drinking every week and not to excess just socially.

Then I met my partner and we don’t drink. Probably for the best given I was going off track.

I have just started in a new workplace and a colleague asked if I liked wine. I told her not really if I have to it would be white wine. She was asking being curious what I would order out cocktails? Spirits? My immediate comment was usually spirits but I have cut down drinking a lot. I actually don’t know if I want to drink at this workplace but I know in my last workplace although I was drinking when I started I stopped this and was treated differently.

I have a work social event coming up and I’m considering fake drinking. Has anyone done this and how did they find it? I don’t want to be the person that doesn’t join in and I work in a small corporate company.

I also feel like I shouldn’t be drinking as my partner and I don’t drink in general, not drinking is important to him.

Any thoughts welcome.