No problem.

Actually, alcohol is a horrible beast. I have seen FAR too many lives ruined by it -- even more so than drugs, although many (most?) of the alcoholics I know are also addicts.

The physical / neurological / mental damage that alcohol causes to the alcoholic can be truly terrifying. Cirrhosis of the liver is a horrible, horrible way to die. And some chronic alcoholics develop what is called "wet brain" -- basically, they enter a state of dementia and never recover, even if they stop drinking.

And I have seen people with the "shakes" (DTs). A person can die from alcohol withdrawal (but not from opiate withdrawal, although they might feel like they're dying).

And I had a friend who left the bar one night and pulled out into oncoming traffic. His car flipped six times and he died instantly.

It's one of the most depressing and destructive addictions, in my opinion.