it seems like alcoholism is the latest trendy end-all excuse for any kind of mistake u can make. i banged my friend's wife, but im an alcoholic, so u can forgive me. i'm a racist, but i'm an alcoholic, so once i get help for my alcoholism, i won't be racist anymore. does this really make sense? what happened to the days of denial, lying and cheating? if ur gonna do something bad, dont make up a pitiful excuse to cover it up. be like clinton and lie about it until ppl find out the truth. because by that time, nobody will care anymore.