Let’s get the disclosures out of the way first: I enjoy a drink. I have family members who own pubs or work in hotels and whose livelihoods are under threat from successive lockdowns. I also have family members who abuse alcohol  – people whose addiction has placed a great cost on their health and on those around them.  I come from France, which might lead you to believe that I grew up sipping champagne from tiny flutes sitting outside fashionable cafes. Of course, there was a lot of that. There’s also a growing amount of far less sophisticated binge drinking…

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