In reality neither doctor nor patient is being stupid. In truth there is only one real culprit. No it’s not alcohol, but the ignorance that surrounds it. It is this misconception that we drink because we choose to. If drinkers, smokers and other drug addicts take their respective drugs because they choose to, why do they find it so difficult to abstain or cut down? If you are choosing to do something, you must, by definition, be able to choose not to do it, or to do it less often.
