Someone slipped me a mickey

Drinking Problem No.3 – Alcopopularity

I think the drunk me is more popular than the sober me. Sometimes. I’m Lairy Dave you see. I was christened Lairy Dave in a previous work life. All of a sudden I was popular and funny. Lager was my magic serum, it changed me into somebody that I liked. For [...]

Is your drinking dangerous?

According to new NHS statistics reported this week, one in four Britons is drinking too much and one in three men – one in six women – is classed as a hazardous drinker.

How is this calculated? Well, the NHS Information Centre used a ten-question test to assess how much and how often a person drinks, [...]

Footballers and alcohol – discuss

Tottenham’s Ledley King has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week – allegedly racially abusing and assaulting a nightclub doorman while drunk. A witness at the police station where he spent the night told The Sun: “I’ve never seen anyone in that bad a way with alcohol. His trousers were down [...]