You do not have to be around recovery for very long before you realize the horrible toll that this disease takes. The destruction and death is not limited to the alcoholic it very often spells out in the friends family and the innocent public. Both of my parents died of alcoholism but that was not enough for me to even consider stopping.
Most alcoholics will not acknowledge that this is a fatal disease. Eventually it will kill you hopefully it only kill you and you do not take some innocent person out in the process. You can rest assured that the majority of the obituaries that's a died suddenly are drug or alcohol related.
The saddest thing is that there is a way out for the people that really want it. All they have to do is reach out and grasp the hand