In this powerful, moving and immensely readable book, Alan describes his life as an alcoholic - the decades of battling the 'demon drink' and his eight years of sobriety. He chronicles the devastation wreaked upon him by the disease, and the damage he did to other people's lives when 'in drink'. He is unsparing in analysing his self-delusion and long-term denial that he had a problem. Without seeking excuses, he highlights the genetic link to alcoholism, its prevalence among emerging generations, and how the establishment continues to shy away from addressing the world's most available and...