I always bought handles, best value where I live. When I was drinking heavily I bought one about every 3 days, wouldn't drink them in 3 days, but knew I'd run dry on the 4th day and would re-stock. Also altered my liquor stores. stupid, insane, and paranoid. I still was weekend warrior until recently and just went to one store since I only bought 1 per week. Didn't feel so "bad". I dunno. But I appreciate you starting this thread because we all have such interesting experiences to get our fix.