“If it were booze you would smell it on her breath.”
There are other ways to introduce alcohol into a system without drinking it. A movie a few years ago (can’t recall the name) started a discussion about this here on FR.
Snorting is surprisingly common.
Vodka goes right up to the brain. Just a little goes a long way and does so quickly.
I wonder if she has historically been known to engage in non-coke type nose play. Snuffling, snorts, nasal sprays...alcohol in the nasal membranes tends to do damage if often/regular enough.
Hello Madam. Madam I’m a recovering alcoholic. 34 years out from the days of wine and roses.
I know drunks. Nothing hides the smell of it.
Alcohol when ingested immediately enters the blood stream and is exhaled through the lungs for hours.