Absolutely true, Barbara. The History books tell us over and over and over that even children drank wine or beer morning, noon and night, as the water was unsafe.
I am strongly opposed to alcohol consumption as a daily thing, and too much of it. On my part, this is not religious but just that I hate what it does to individuals and families in so many, many ways. That being said, I am not opposed to the alcohol in and of itself, and on the rare occasion I am known to partake. I love fruit cake soaked in brandy, real rum cake, an egg nog at Christmas, a beer a year on a hot, hot summer day, the festive mimosa or pina colata or marguerita or bloody mary to toast a special occasion. I never, ever take a second drink on the same day. I would guess my intake is less than 1 drink in a month in any given year.
That being said, one must admit that fermented drink was the staple in most places on this planet for thousands of years. Tipsy toddlers all OVER the place! Not funny, yet still true.
