As question and point interest to all the guys and gals who have been supportive of re-habilitation of this individual (who would seem to have disregarded his professional responsibilities and carried out a criminal act).
How many of you would be arguing for tolerance, understanding, re-habilitiation and re-integration if this was a teacher at your kids school who had been downloading kiddieporn? Not so many of you i think yet all of the arguments you use could apply. (treatment / supervision etc)
Alcohol is so much a part of our culture and it's use so widely accepted that anyone who falls foul of it is invariably "a nice bloke who made a mistake".
I'm a professional Pilot who drinks and enjoys drinking Alcohol. I also know that it is my responsibility to ensure that it does not affect my flying. If it does then it is right and proper that i suffer the consequences (before anyone else does).
Society is already suffering hugely as a result of the behavior of people who are addicted to or abuse various substances. Individuals are still responsible for their actions, even if they are addicted to the point that they cannot control them,.
Stands back and waits for uproar.