As someone working with newborn/premature babies damaged through parental drink and drugs, who saw the damage to patients and their families when working in General Nursing, who has friends scarred mentally through what they went through as children of alcoholics, THANK YOU for saying what needed to be said, for not glorifieing a drunk who could once 'kick a ball about a bit'. I'm sick of people making excuses for drunks and druggies, OK its an illness, but it didnt start with the first drink - they should take the responsibility for what they have done TO THEMSELVES.