No really, I'm an alcoholic

Interesting how there seems to be a new trend of admitting to alcoholism and/or drug addiction in the hope of distracting attention away from something else. The singer from Keane was the first to try it, clearly aspiring to add some level of rock and roll cool to his geeky sacharine persona. Then the paedophile Republican Congressman in the States seemed to think that it would be a good idea to blame his habit of wanking over underage boys via instant message on his problems with drink. And now Justin Hawkins is offering alcoholism and cocaine addiction as the reason for quitting his failed group The Darkness, rather than the only too painful realisation that they were always a naff novelty act and shouldn't ever have got ideas above their station.