Actually, there are almost limitless ways to design and build sugars. And many of these are similar in makeup to alcohols - both sugar and alcohol are made of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. So, why not power off sugars? Or, we could power off aspirin, which is made up of the same 3 elements, as well.

I might add, have you ever noticed that sometimes you headache gets better after a pull on your favorite bottle of booze?