Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.
Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis! www.drunkard.com
Not to be confused with
www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com
Watching a few episodes of Intervention, or better yet, living with an alcoholic will cure any romantic notions about drinking.
Many is the night when I thought that was HERE! ;)
From what I have read the stories about Oliver Reed are absolutely true. He and Richard Harris were not only men of great appetite and terrific actors, they were fantasic story tellers!
Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis! 
Only in the glamorized world of celebrities can drunkenness be fondly embraced as if it were a harmless indulgence.In the real world drunkards end up like an old friend of mine who died at 54 years of age because he lived his life as an alcoholic. When he was drunk, which was often, he was abusive to his wife and ignored his children, one of whom died at the ripe old age of 20 due to a drug overdose. Alcoholism destroys lives, not only of the drunkards but of those who surround them. It is a horrible thing to celebrate.
Thanks for restoring my interest in the internet.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A man who was slurring his speech and appeared intoxicated was found dead on New Year's Day at a controversial center in Anchorage where chronic street alcoholics are allowed to keep drinking.
The center has been under fire for its unconventional approach to dealing with alcoholism in Anchorage, where advocates have been looking for new ways to help homeless alcoholics after more than 20 people -- most of them severely intoxicated -- died outdoors over a 12-month period in 2009 and 2010.