Alcohol is all the above. It is a disinfectant, a paint thinner, an antifreeze for your car, and considered a beverage by some, who are dumb enough to drink alcohol. Alcoholic consumption causes over one hundred thousand deaths per year. Drunk driving, falls, cirrhosis of the liver, cancer, and strokes are some of the modalities by which alcohol kills people. Isopropyl alcohol is also called rubbing alcohol and is used as a disinfectant. It denatures proteins, like all alcohols do and it kills bacteria by breaking down their cell walls. Methanol is a paint thinner and car antifreeze. I have a rule in life that I don't drink anything you can run your car on. This is probably good advice for everyone. Ethanol is the type of alcohol that beverages are made of. Alcohols result from the fermentation of grains, sugars, and fruits. People mostly drink alcohol for it's mind altering effects, which generally is a depressant effect much like anesthesia. In my medical studies, I learned that alcohol was the first anesthetic and surgeons used it to knock someone out so they could operate on them. Today people use it to knock themselves out to avoid the discomforts of reality. In my book, I describe the need for us to feel our feelings to truly be happy. We all must grieve our losses and anesthetizing them away only puts them off for another day when they will come out and make us feel even worse. Let your feelings out. Share them with a friend. Those who grieve well, live well.
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Dr. Doug Ikeler
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