Last night I came down with a stomach bug, which has turned into general weakness and drowsiness today... wish I had this recipe earlier so I could send someone out to get these things!

I'll keep this in mind for next time...

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I'm as big a fan of drinking as the next guy, but I believe there's a very good reason why you're not supposed to mix cough medicine with alcohol. There are even warnings on the sides of the bottle that specifically say don't mix with alcohol. Emergen-C is just vitamin c, so that's fine (though take it from someone who has gotten drunk and fashioned a shot with this very ingredient: gross), but don't under any circumstances mix drinking with cold medicine. Unless you're a cast member of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, your body isn't meant to combine these ingredients.

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what about for a cough? a hot toddy. whiskey and honey!

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Chris:
that's just booze, and perfectly acceptable. it's putting, say, theraflu or robitussin in with the whiskey that I object to.

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Sometimes it works instead of taking cold medicine. My dad always told me, if you're not feeling good, stop and get a pocket bottle of any old whiskey. Drink as much of it as you can stand, then take a nap. Inevitably, you wake up having been in a cold sweat, but you feel great.

It takes will power to down straight whiskey while you're feeling like crap though. So I only use this method when there's something I REALLY have to do that requires me not to be sick.

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warmed plum wine or warmed ginger brandy and vernors (or ginger ale) is what warmes me when the sicky hits!

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Mixing aspirin with alcohol will cause stomach bleeding. Mixing acetominophen (Tylenol) with alcohol will cause liver bleeding. These cocktail combinations are stupid.

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Furthermore, Aspirin is coated for a reason. If it stays in your mouth, you basically get a chemical burn after a little while. So crushing it into small bits that could easily get stuck somewhere? Really horrible idea, even ignoring the adding it to alcohol part.

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acetylsalicylic acid (aka aspirin) will cause burns to the epithelial tissue in your mouth. it also tastes horrible. and alcohol potentiates acetylsalicylic acids habit of causing gi bleeding.

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I used to mix Neo Citron with whiskey, but one of my friends told me that was "really dangerous" so now I'm not so sure about mixing meds and booze.

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When I was a child in the Deep South of the U.S. about 40 years ago, the standard home remedy cough syrup was a large spoonful or two of bourbon with honey and a dash of lemon juice mixed in. Tasted great, worked great.

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I wrote a poem about trying to function with a cold.
http://www.authspot.com/Poetry/The-Cold.620407
Hope you enjoy it.

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