What about human cost of alcohol abuse?

The talk about Alcohol Strategy from Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland irks me a little.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2013 - 01:00
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As a man that put his family through hell because of my love of drink, I know what it can do.

I am sober now for 36 years, but it is only people like me that know what alcohol can do to families. All this talk about cost, what about the human suffering?

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