New member here. I am Joanne.

Hi and welcome. I'm new here also and have found that this site is full of well educated and respectful people. You're going to enjoy it here :)

From what I understand, sugar alcohol is derived from sugar, and therefore just as bad. I'm not sure, though. You might try googling it.
 
I'd be interested to find out too as I was under the impression that the process of fermenting sugars is what creates alcohol.
 
This is a partial answer I found on Wikipedia. It would seem that they are not as bad for you as plain old table sugar or fructose.

Sugar alcohol From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A sugar alcohol (also known as a polyol, polyhydric alcohol, or polyalcohol) is a hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group (aldehyde or ketone, reducing sugar) has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group. They are commonly used for replacing sucrose in foodstuffs, often in combination with high intensity artificial sweeteners to counter the low sweetness.
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