Slick, I agree with Corinna. If you're coughing especially. My mom - who usually doesn't touch more than a drop of liquor - was coughing a lot after her bypass surgery (over 10 years ago now). She couldn't take all the normal cough medicines because it would have interfered with the heart medications she was taking, so the only thing she found that would subdue the cough is a shot of whiskey! Yes, she had at least one or two shots a day - and this from a woman who drinks soooo rarely! I couldn't believe it but I was there to witness the coughing and then the calm, so now I'm a believer. Also, if you look at all the normal cough medicines out there, they're all something like 10% alcohol, so why not go right for the good stuff and forget all the sweet syrupy stuff.

Anyway, hope you feel better, and hope Mario doesn't steal anymore posts. Maybe he thought it would make a nice Christmas present for somebody.