do people who were in AA avoid rum balls at christmas?
I'm asking because I was thinking about this, I'm giving rum balls as gifts to my extended family, but not my aunt because she was in AA I'm giving her homemade cookies instead...
just wondering what people who were in AA think about rum balls
2007-12-12 09:11:07 · 4 answers · asked by Star L 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
(the kinds made with real rum, not rum extract. the recipe makes it so that if you eat 6 rum balls thats 1 oz of alcohol)
2007-12-12 09:11:58 · update #1
i love those dam things it may even have helped me become a alcoholic i will not have ant more ever again thy are not cooked at least the ones my mom makes so the alcohol is still in them and thy taste to good it would be a trigger for me i am now in AA
2007-12-12 10:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by irish_matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly sure what a rum ball is, but if you cook it, all the alcohol cooks out of it, you are just left with the flavor. If I were your aunt I'd be offended, I'd feel like you were excluding me from the rest of the family by not giving me the same gift as everyone else. Just a suggestion, you should talk to her about it before you accidentally offend her, or make weird feelings toward her. Usually alcoholics are kinda touchy about things like that.
2007-12-12 17:17:07 · answer #2 · answered by chickpea 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't think they would like getting a mouthful of rum when they're trying to stay sober. Theres non-alcoholic rum balls though that shouldn't be a bother.
2007-12-12 17:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by Muzz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we avoid all alcohol anytime, period, that's the whole idea of staying sober. no rumballs, unless you want to jeopardize her recovery. the rumballs are not baked, so the alcohol remains active. the homemade cookies should hit the spot though.
2007-12-13 07:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋