Just one note- Methodist Churches have communion too, at least in the SE US where I have grown up and attended church.
I don't go to church regularly and haven't taken communion in any church in awhile, but I have only had the wafer.
That really isn't the point, though, as others mentioned. We have to get sober before any "what does x or y mean" (ie, sniffing, ingesting it in food, etc) should even be considered. IMO....it's intellectualizing and, bluntly, game playing that would fall into the category of my "it's ok to drink" thinking.
Do you want to quit drinking, period? That's the bottom line question.