Tucker is an animalistic character, driven by sex, violence, and strong drink. Those who hesitated were often won over by making them intoxicated with strong drink. He also developed a fondness for strong drink which probably hastened his death. The hotel was forbidden from selling strong drink to any freedman or slave. The senior Crawford's addiction to strong drink had caused the family to suffer. A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when jilted by his girl. This was partly possible because of his abstemious habits, eschewing both tobacco and strong drink. Mandaeans will, however, abstain from strong drink and red meat. Her first book of poetry "Trago fuerte (Strong drink") was published in 1963. He wrote strident articles for national Protestant and temperance magazines, condemning strong drink. "Strong drink" was apparently not confined to just church council meetings. Raksi is a strong drink, clear like vodka or gin, tasting somewhat like Japanese sake. The Gemara read the term "strong drink" (, "sheichar") in to mean something that intoxicates.