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Article: Drinkers in defiance of gathering demons.(News)
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- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2006
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Byline: By Craig Hope
This week Charles Kennedy was forced to step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats after his drink problem hit the headlines. But he's not the only alcoholic who found it hard to admit his problem, as Craig Hope discovered
Kev Martin was so afraid of being labelled an alcoholic that he had a schedule for visiting a number of different off-licences so they would not think he had a problem.
That was six years ago during an alcohol-fuelled spell in which Kev would look for any excuse to have a drink. A keen athlete, he began to ...