Word: alcoholic
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...40am: The guys are uncertain about my ability to ingest yet another drink, but I assure them that my liver can handle a final shot. They order rakia, a mildly sweet regional liquor that tastes to me like fruit-flavored rubbing alcohol. We say cheers, turn up our wrists, and down the concoction, but I only make it halfway through before determining that my liver has, in fact, had enough for tonight...
...year-old son survived. Police said last week that shortly before the crash, which occurred on a Sunday afternoon as Schuler was driving the kids back from a weekend of camping, she had smoked pot and imbibed more than 10 drinks' worth of vodka. Her blood-alcohol level was at more than twice the legal limit. A bottle of Absolut was found smashed in the wreckage. (See iPhone apps for new moms...
...Middle East and Africa, the drinks appeal to a different demographic: young Muslims who want to copy Western trends but can't drink alcohol. "They can consume brands that appear in TV shows from the other side of the world," says Spiros Malandrakis, a drinks analyst with Euromonitor, "and at the same time not indulge in something haram [forbidden...
Government crackdowns on drink driving are also helping sales. Spain is now the largest consumer of nonalcoholic beer in Western Europe - 8% of the beer sold there last year was alcohol-free - thanks in part to drink-driving legislation implemented...
Although the nonalcoholic sector has made merry for the past five years, future growth is far from guaranteed. The recession could force cash-strapped sippers to turn to cheaper soft drinks. (A can of Coke costs about two-thirds of a bottle of alcohol-free beer.) And despite the improvements in taste, it's unlikely that beer connoisseurs like Evans will ever become fans. "You need the roundness and fullness that alcohol brings to a beer to hold [all the flavors] together," he says...