‘Just a little something to unwind’.
That’s often how it begins. A drink, alone, rather than with friends. A second to help forget. A habit that grows slowly, with few – if any–of our loved-ones spotting the initial signs.
Addicted to alcohol
It’s estimated that 1.4 million people in the UK are addicted to alcohol – many more abuse it from time to time. Those people are in our churches, living down our streets. Some will get regularly drunk with antisocial conduct, even violence, following on – others quietly down a few units each night with little obvious effect on their behaviour. But, for all, the damage to internal organs can be severe – the spiritual or relational fallout even worse.
