a cold/flu remedy that worked quickly for me.

a week or so ago i noticed a tickle in my throat, which usually presages a cold/respiratory infection. by the time i was getting ready for bed it had become a sore throat. i'd previously gargled with listerine (must contain alcohol) & had some success in warding off full-fledged respiratory infections, but not always. this time i decided to go full bore & gargled with whiskey ( Jamieson's). it felt like the whiskey burned my throat & i thought i might have made an infection worse. but, i awoke in the morn & my throat felt great. i'm quite sure i destroyed the viral infection with the alcohol in the whiskey.