Campaigners say that in the UK 80% of people with alcohol addiction cannot access the right treatment.
Phil Moore, from Wigan, discovered alcohol at the age of 16, and later went on to become an alcoholic
While welcoming the downward trend in the UK, with 15% of adults now abstaining completely, health campaigners have warned that the vast majority of people with a drinking problem are not getting the help they need. Karen Tyrell, of drug and alcohol charity Addaction, warned:"In the UK, four out of five people with an alcohol problem aren't getting any sort of treatment. We need to make it a lot easier to get help and support at a much earlier"Alcohol is soaked through our culture. The alcohol industry has set the terms of the debate for too long. Flashy marketing disguises an industry that doesn't do nearly enough to compensate for the harm it causes.
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