An alcoholic is an outlaw: It's in the attitude

These two videos ought to reflect quite well how the alcoholic thinks.  He wants to be an outlaw, deep down.  Maybe all substance abuse is based on rebelling against doing what's good for you.  The old live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful memory philosophy that has motivated many a young man to take an early exit via driving drunk a hundred miles an hour, young women, too.  Old and young.  You can die drunk in all kinds of ways.  Even at Christmas.