What is the difference between Scotch and Bourbon?

[JustDave]

The second part of your first statement shows you are one of the few who understands genuine "recovery."

It's true that I understand recovery very well. There are others too. I don't know if they number in the few or the many, but there is sobriety, and there is recovery. Either one will work, but to me there is a difference.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I also no longer drink but remember southern comfort when I was younger. I wish I could say some of the memories were great but they weren’t. I hate southern comfort. I hate drinking .

 

[Nathan]

What is Southern Comfort?

Southern Comfort is an American fruit-flavored liqueur, originally created in 1874 by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron in New Orleans. Blending whiskey with stone fruits and spices, it features a sweet, mellow profile. It is commonly used in cocktails like the Alabama Slammer, with popular pairings including cola, lemonade, or orange juice.

 

[Nathan]

Scotch is nasty and bourbon burns like blazes, at least in my opinion

Many Scotch whiskys have a "peaty" flavor, some more so than others. Definitely an acquired taste. For at year or so I pursued sampling Scotch as a hobby. Most I liked, one in particular- no so much. As of late I've switched to Irish whiskey sampling...I think I've found my calling.

 

[-Oy-]

You have totally missed the point...

The Point

What is Southern Comfort?

 

[IrishEyes]

Irish whiskey tastes like rubbing alcohol. An acceptable toilet sanitizer is Irish whiskey.
No offense meant, Irish. My family too thrived in the Land of Saints and Scholars.

Never drank it so I take your word on it. I do not have the drinking ability Irish are known for. My mother and sisters
can put it away, I can't.

 

[BeefStu]

It wasn't clear what you were referring to. I do not attach positives to my previous drinking either. They were outweighed by the negatives, but that does not make me immune from returning to alcohol since it was once a daily event and a significant problem in my life. Some who abused alcohol stay off, then get the idea they are fully recovered and can handle a drink now and then. If they try doing that, they may end up in worse shape the second time around - and that is what I was referring to.

I have always told people that I never had a drink I didn't like. Having said that, I quit drinking January 2nd of 1997. I had a drink of Scotch when I got home from work. Made supper for my wife and I then cleaned up and got my wife ready for bed. She had MS. After I put her to bed I turned the tv on and poured another Scotch. When that was gone I poured the last of that bottle into my glass, took a sip and poured the rest in the sink. Haven't touched a drop ever since and don't miss it. There was still more left in the bar.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I have always told people that I never had a drink I didn't like. Having said that, I quit drinking January 2nd of 1997. I had a drink of Scotch when I got home from work. Made supper for my wife and I then cleaned up and got my wife ready for bed. She had MS. After I put her to bed I turned the tv on and poured another Scotch. When that was gone I poured the last of that bottle into my glass, took a sip and poured the rest in the sink. Haven't touched a drop ever since and don't miss it. There was still more left in the bar.

I can recall many nights when alcohol made me absent from my family, since I was in my own world, or tuning out the world. I do not recall the date I took my last drink (over 12 years ago) or a specific event that made me do it - I just became determined that it had to happen. I was tired and no longer got the buzz that felt good. Like most other people who have suffered from addiction problems, I'm not perfect and have my times of temptation which I don't mind admitting to because I am human. But I can also be a very self-determined person, which has served me well.

 

[BeefStu]

I can recall many nights when alcohol made me absent from my family, since I was in my own world, or tuning out the world. I do not recall the date I took my last drink (over 12 years ago) or a specific event that made me do it - I just became determined that it had to happen. I was tired and no longer got the buzz that felt good. Like most other people who have suffered from addiction problems, I'm not perfect and have my times of temptation which I don't mind admitting to because I am human. But I can also be a very self-determined person, which has served me well.

At the time, I felt like I was using alcohol as a crutch. I used to drink socially, and because I liked it. This was a pretty rough part of my life, watching someone I loved being gradually taken away from me and as much as I thought it was a crutch to cope with what was happening I somehow realized that night that it was not a very strong crutch and eventually was going to fail and let me come crashing down to the point that I may never get back up from. In early March of that year my wife's family convinced me to have her placed in Long Term Care. That was probably the worst day of my life.