DUring AD's last vacation (rehab!) I was told that alcohol actually works on the same receptors in the brain as opiates...vicodin,ultram, chees, heroin,lortab, etc. Makes sense to me now, mine never drank before either, but her she does now!
Her counselor said is she were on a desert island w/ nothing but frogs, she would get addicted to licking the frog! Sad, huh?
I never associated the two, just an FYI