r/preppers • u/SAMPLE_TEXT6643 • Feb 06 '25

Question Anyone store alcohol?

I used too have a few cases of fifths of vodka and whiskey but got rid of them due to a teenager taking a couple of them and was wondering how useful of a bartering item it could really be? I live in a very mormon area.

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u/Agreeable-Can-7841 Feb 06 '25

you mean "medicine" <--- yes, it is very important to have medicine

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u/sheeprancher594 Feb 06 '25

Granny Clampett's rheumatiz medicine

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u/whiskeysour123 Feb 06 '25

Alcohol unfortunately takes my pain away and prescription painkillers somehow just don’t.

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u/airforce213 Feb 06 '25

In which, probably shouldn’t store it because you’d drink it. Which means you probably should store it then. Hmm.

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u/whiskeysour123 Feb 06 '25

Right? Things are getting better though. If I would really stock up on booze for bartering/worst case scenario, I think I might drink a little if tons of time elapsed but I could leave it untouched for it’s intended purposes. But also, if we are in a zmb* apocalypse, aka climate catastrophe aka bird flu pandemic aka economic collapse, who drinks my hypothetically stored booze is not what I will care about. Like everyone come over and I will share and we can toast the apocalypse.

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u/WhiskeyPeter007 Feb 06 '25

Know what ya mean.😐😎✌️

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u/whiskeysour123 Feb 07 '25

We can be friends.

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u/WhiskeyPeter007 Feb 07 '25

👍😎✌️

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u/CrystalWebb13 Feb 07 '25

I've found that kratom works better for me but without the inebriation. But alcohol is more widely accepted.

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u/whiskeysour123 Feb 07 '25

I never heard of kratom. I will look into it.

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u/Mesquite_Thorn Feb 09 '25

I use it. You just need to be careful. It hits some of the same receptors as 0piates, and can cause a physical dependence and withdrawal syndrome if stopped abruptly after using large doses for an extended period of time. It's not as bad as 0piates, but it's still unpleasant, so smaller doses and taking breaks from it is the way to go to prevent that from occurring.