[Margaret Pilkington]

We were allowed alcohol at Christmas(a damp glass - that was a thimbleful of wine/sherry) and family celebrations.
I can remember my grandad allowing me to have the froth off his beer(that had been bought at the Off Sales counter in the pub and brought home in a white enamel jug - he sent my grandma for it...a bit like Andy Capp).

Yes, I have over indulged in the past, but never so that I did not know what I was doing, and not to the point of weeing myself or vomitting in the street.
I can't remember ever setting out to get 'Bladdered'.
These days my alcohol consumption is minimal.......an odd glass of wine....I could easily live without it.

My own feeling is that alcohol has become very cheap and accessible, and this is part of the problem.
Lots of young people have a few drinks and are already well on the way to being inebriated befroe they set foot out of their home.