The Drinker
Some cool addiction to alcohol images:
The drinker
Image by Joffley
I saw this guy walking down the street with his crutches and blue plastic bag. I couldn’t see what was in the bag but my first guess was a bottle of White Ace Cider (7.5% abv). Sadly I was spot on. If you want to view the larger image it’s quite a sad story: there are sores on his forehead and his face looks wrinkled and sunken probably way beyond his actual age. Not to mention the crutches typical of many with chronic alcohol problems.
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Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said: "The nation’s growing addiction to alcohol is putting an immense strain on health services, especially in hospitals, costing the NHS over £2.7 billion each year."
And this sum has doubled in under five years.
"This burden is no longer sustainable," he said.