An alcoholic who’s been sober for 29 years wonders if she’s overly sensitive to the terms non-alcoholic and alcohol-free being used with reference to food and drink. The problem is that alcoholic has more than one meaning. It can refer to someone who is addicted to alcohol, but it can also describe a substance that contains alcohol. Compounding the problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its own definitions of alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and the word non-alcohol is used as an adjective in the world of science and chemistry. This is part of a complete episode.
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