kombucha and recovering alcoholics

August 10, 2002

The end product contains a very small amount of alcohol, 0.5% - 1%, which is

as much alcohol present in " alcohol-free " beer and many beverages including

apple juice. By law, a beverage can contain up to 0.5% alcohol and still be

labeled " non-alcoholic. " Most beer contains approximately 3% - 8% alcohol.

The end product also contains a small amount of sugar which is not converted.

The longer the drink ferments, less sugar and more alcohol will be present.

It will turn to vinegar if allowed to ferment too long.

The slight amount of alcohol present in the fermented Tea is normally

harmless and is no more potent than non-alcoholic beer. Some sober alcoholics

who drink Kombucha find it reduces their craving for alcohol. An alcoholic

who drinks Kombucha says " I found it would slow me down when I was on a

binge. It minimizes hangovers when you drink it with the booze (not mixed but

between beer and whiskey shots). But most interesting...I found that when I

drank K-T all day, I had little or no craving for alcohol. "

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" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian

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