Originally Posted by
M.Mouse
If it was a case of just careless drinking I would agree. If it is alcoholism then the individual is indeed an 'addict'.
It was only later that I learned it was not a case of just having had one too much, but indeed most likely an addiction problem. A sad story, and more so since he didn‘t get a chance to sort it out and come clean before the media got their hands on him, leaving his employer no chance other than firing him.