Life is hard. Some people turn to alcohol to take the edge off, or to make their existence a little more tolerable. For folks who live in Seattle, Washington, Amazon.com Inc. is now available to help get alcohol down your throat. Amazon Prime members in the Seattle area will find three new delicious categories of products in the Prime Now app: Cold Beer, Wine, and Spirits. Pick your poison. Prime Now is the app that makes a limited selection of Amazon products available with free 2 hour delivery, or you can have it on your doorstep in an hour, if you’re willing to pay the $7.99 expedite fee. That means if you live in the Emerald City, and your mouth feels parched, you can pick up your smartphone, tap it a few times, and within an hour, you’ll be getting your buzz on. We truly are living in the future. Amazon Alcohol delivery is only available in Seattle and London at the moment, but if it’s deemed successful, Amazon could roll it out to other Prime Now cities, which include Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, New York and Miami.

In the meantime, those of us here in Dallas need not fear being left high and dry. We have our own beer, wine, and spirits delivery startup. Plano based Lash Deliveries can take care of your alcoholic refreshment needs if you live in Dallas, Plano, Allen, Fairview, Frisco, or McKinney. In addition to alcoholic beverages, Lash has snacks! They can send one of their branded delivery vans loaded up with food from Chick-Fil-A, IN-N-Out Burger, Taco Bell, or Wingstop. You can download their app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

If you don’t live within their coverage area, there are several other options to choose from. Drizly is a delivery service that partnered with Goody Goody, Dallas’ largest liquor chain. Users can place orders using the Drizly smartphone app, and they can see how far away their delivery driver is, in real time, once the driver is en route.

If your DOC isn’t alcohol, you can still satisfy your cravings, once you get the munchies, with DoorDash’s food delivery service. They deliver food from a number of restaurants, including Taco Bell. DoorDash’s coverage spans sixteen major metropolitan areas, but right now, there’s a Dallas area exclusive. They’re currently testing out deliveries from Whataburger, but only if you live in Big D. Download their smartphone app to see if you’re in their coverage area.

photos by Winston Edmondson