anyone else drink alcohol when they are sick?

[sowise]

Yeh, I know the basics about why it is bad to drink and take over the counter drugs etc. but honestly taking cold/flu meds and having some rum and coke definitely doesnt feel like a bad thing to me. While I realize it doesn't help to be dehydrated more, I was just curious if anyone else likes to booze it up when they aren't feeling well.

Also before I went to the Amazon it was recommended to keep a high BAC (blood alcohol content) if you didn't have malaria meds. Luckily I had both