Everybody should keep in mind that it's not the consumption of the alcohol that's dangerous, it's the irritation that it causes to the head-neck cells that does the damage.

I once asked an oral surgeon if that meant that from a cancer perspective, shooting alcohol directly into my veins would be OK as compared to putting it in my mouth. He said that was a strange way to look at it, but yes, avoiding the mouth is the way to go. Little did either of us know that putting it in my PEG would be a choice in my future!

Don't overlook avoiding mouthwashes with alcohol -- You get all the bad effects with none of the good effects <g>.

I personally believe that alcohol was a key factor in my OC because I stopped smoking 25 years before I stopped drinking.