I don't know if this would be pertinent, or not, but my dad had a gf who had a feeding tube (throat cancer), and she used to dump quite large amounts of vodka into it daily (alcoholic). She did that for years until she passed. It was really a sad situation, especially since my dad was fighting lung cancer at the time, didn't drink, and surely didn't need the added stress of the situation. Anyway, not sure what, if anything, can be taken from that, though, as far as making a comparison between SN and alcohol. If irrelevant, please disregard.