Practical info for the smarter drinker
Responsible drinking can be very pleasurable as a social experience and a shock to the taste buds, but it’s always a good thing to remember that anyone can be one bender away from becoming Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. Becoming Nic Cage is bad enough, but suffering through alcohol withdrawal can be 100 times …
It should be noted first that this article should not be confused as a guideline on how to tell if you have liver disease. It’s designed more as a way to get you to consider how awesome it will be to never even have the symptoms. Johns Hopkins University doctors report that 75% of drinking-aged …
Anyone who has ever taken a shot of whiskey knows that it starts a little fire in the tummy. The warmth radiates outward and many would even say that it “burns.” But, is it really making you warmer, or is that just some kind of chemical reaction or mental trick? The answer is that alcohol …
It’s something we hear growing up along with warnings about getting hairy palms from having too much fun during alone time and going blind from watching too much TV in the dark – alcohol will kill your brain cells! Well kids, that’s just not true … although you still may want to be careful of …
A Brief Historical Look at “Grandpa’s Medicine” It is a documented fact that my mom used to give me a “thimbleful” of Black Velvet when I had a cold as a child to help me sleep, or so she says. Then there’s the well-meaning mom who rubs booze on her baby’s gums when he’s teething …