Surely the point is that both are issues. They are different issues. Agree about not banning someone for life after an alcohol conviction. All that training, experience wasted, and the effect on near and extended family, with cost to the state. Would be VERY easy to prevent offenders from re-offending in the airline industry. Not in General Aviation, tho'.
In the U.S. the HIMS program has provided a route to recovery for many pilots with alcohol and other substance issues.
Judging from the spelling in the links at the top of the page, perhaps the author was not fully recovered in this ALPA sponsored listing of HIMS steps:
HIMS Steps