Akenaton makes a good point about the folk greats devoured by the demon, although I wouldn't say we were being smug.

Having lost a very dear folky to the bottle, I am sensitive to this matter, and it always reminds me of how much of a product of our environment we all are. I don't sympathise much with George Best, but I must say that probably a lot of the folk that he grew up with are either already dead from alcohol abuse or on their way there, fast !