I second everything OpioPhobe said. I do take my allopurinol because I don't want to restrict my every day diet. When I eat 120 shrimp at Red Lobster I totally deserve that attack it might cause.
Anyway, gout can be genetic, so I too still get attacks now that I am sober and my uric acid level is below the normal range. It happens.. just bless the people that discovered corticosteroids.. imagine living before them and having to ride out an attack... oh...my..heavens.. that would be awful.