The great British booze problem: how a few glasses a day has led to an epidemic for the NHS

Derek McBeath, 43, saw himself as a casual drinker – but the two cans of lager he was drinking every night were killing him.
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The specialists treating him at the Royal Free hospital in Hampstead, north London, say most people with liver disease aren’t alcoholics – they just drink too much. Jenny Kleeman explores how Britain’s drinking habits are burdening the NHS.

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