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When I read our nation's stories about alcohol dependency I drifted back to that historical day of Dec. 18, 1620. For those who do not remember that's when the Mayflower landed in what is now, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

After their eight-month and three-day cruise from Southampton, England, to Plymouth the voyagers had used up all their beer. So beer was first, well maybe second, on the sailor's minds.

After the crew dropped their passengers off, they beelined to the nearest places to purchase their favorite sedative drinks.

The history of alcohol carvings didn't stop in those pages of our hi...