Is This Dish Prepared With Alcohol?

If you have ever had to ask that question, chances or you are going to really like this piece. Can a “sober” alcoholic safely consume chocolate liquor? What are angostura bitters? Is liquore the same as liquor? What about those little cherry cordials? And what the heck is sugar alcohol anyway? Is it safe for…

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What Is Spiritual Malady and How Do We Become Well?

If you know anyone, or are yourself involved in one of those 12-Step recovery fellowships that specialize in helping people lose their fascination with substances like drugs and alcohol, then you might also know that these organizations are not support groups. They are spiritual societies. Those folks went so far as to say that, “When…

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I Like AA People and You Should Too

I know. It’s a cult. It’s a religion. The members are losers—sober, but still selfish, self-centered and judgmental to the hilt. Just a bunch of phony, hypnotized zombies, obsessed with Big Books, pre-occupied with their past and as addicted to meetings and each other as they ever were to booze. But wait! That’s not true.…

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