The bottom line is simply this; if someone wants to drink and drink to excess they will do it whether it begins at happy hour or at whatever point in time during the day they decide to start drinking. The problem drinkers are problem drinkers and not a result of any happy hour specials. And nothing will stop them until they decide to stop. And that's pretty much it. I've had a lifetime of living and being around alcoholics and it is no more simple and no more complicated than what I just wrote.
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