Regullus, you have a positive penchant for papers that flirt with the gutter. The Herald Sun! Please!!
It's a great article - impressive pictures, (are we sure that is the journalist at 39? My, how very YOUNG she looks) but so many sad gaps. Do the same 'girls' go out drinking every night, 5 days a week? Do they all drink that much every night? Hmm, it's open to doubt. For starters, how do they afford it?
The article is a little unspecific about why the journalist is drinking such a large amount. "Keeping up with the 'girls'?" Is that all of them combined? We all know youth is much more resilient than umm, the more experienced members of the population. And are these girls a representative group or are they unusual? I may be biased by my experience as the daughter of a 73 year old alcoholic. If that article is true, he would have been dead 40 years ago. Along with all of his mates. None of whom have passed away from grog-related causes. I think that article is more about the character Nicholas Cage played in 'Leaving Los Vegas' than heavy drinkers.
Sorry. I hate the Herald Sun. To be fair, as much as I relished the shellacking "Super-Size Me" gave to MacDonald's, I would have found the results more compelling if he had eaten a Big Mac once a week. Or as many times as is statistically average. Nobody eats Maccas 3 times a day. Tainted data.