If you like a real nice oak flavor let me know and I'll send you to a
website for our favorite winery.
Bev

O.K.  I can't take it any longer.  The celebration of woody does not come in
a bottle.  It comes in a keg.  Personally, Amber Bach comes to mind.  But, a
good ale will do.

Thought I might share this for what it's worth. When I look for a Doctor I
check out licensing, experience,  disciplinary actions, etc on the internet.
A URO had just opened a practice in my town having come from another state.
He has  30 years experience and had come from a Cancer practice in NM. But
he had a license suspension about 15 years ago for alcohol abuse and had
been given a probationary license for 5 years and was then reinstated..
Since I am a recovering alcoholic(been sober for almost 19 years) I decided
to give him a try.
Going through the questions, he asked if I drank and how much. When I told
him about my history he grinned, shook my hand, gave me the big AA hug and
told me about his past.
So far he had been one of the best Drs I have ever had to use.
George
Age - 69
8/12/02 - PSA 3.7
10/13/03 - PSA 4.69
11/11/03 - PSA 4.8
11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores
one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8
all other cores benign tissue
12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist
12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist
Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center
HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron
2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol
Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - for 5 weeks
Theraseed implant after Radiation completed

I'm a night capper and so is my husband.

For years he drank coffee until about 7 PM then he switched to beer to undo
the effects of the caffeine. Besides our beer bill began to equal our food
bill. Well, it took a while for him to understand what he was doing and why.
So now he quits drinking coffee by late afternoon and hardly ever drinks a
beer - but he does like O'Doul's (non-alcoholic). But he will occasionally
drink some wine with his dinner and then usually have a scotch on his way to
bed.

And after all the effects of radiation on his body began to drink more
water. (I made him do it! LOL) Now he drinks a cup of water for each cup of
coffee he drinks. He's drinking less alcohol and enjoying what he drinks
more. It's healthier for him.

Most of the doctors I personally know do drink. But there is only one doctor
I know who still smokes and does it openly. And his feeling is - there are
plenty of doctors out there and if you don't like the fact that he smokes -
then find another doctor. Like I said they are humans, too.

I grew up with a father who might have been an alcoholic. I know he was an
abusive, mean drunk! It's made me think about my drinking habits as they say
alcoholism runs in families. I think I could easily become an alcoholic.
It's something I've given a great deal of thought to over the years. They
say you break the cycle when you recognize the problem. So maybe I resist
temptation. I just keep my drinking to a nightcap (either a scotch or a
glass of sherry) and an occasional glass of wine with my meal. I don't have
to have it - I just enjoy it. And I look at it as something healthy, sort of
goes with the aspirin a day.

OTOH, I watched my grandfather drink a shot of whiskey every morning before
breakfast. He smoked a pipe, chewed tobacco, smoked unfiltered cigarettes,
ate 6 eggs,  a 1/2 pound of bacon and toast every morning for breakfast and
was probably 100-150 pounds overweight. He lived to be a 100. What killed
him? He fell down a flight of stairs. My gene pool is unreal, everybody on
both sides lives well into their 90's in spite of their habits.
Bev

Like Me! I...uh....usually drink alone....or....uh....with somebody!

Philski

Just an observation:   this is the longest thread I have seen in months.  It
reminds me of you know which one....