While we can quantify the number of people who die from drug overdoses each year, it is not as easy to quantify the number of people who suffer in some way as a result of alcohol abuse, although the number is considerable. Those who suffer, include the person who consumes the alcohol and, more importantly, their spouse and family. The advertisements by Barnardos on alcohol abuse and the excessive consumption of alcohol are quite effective. They try to speak from the point of view of children. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of people in this country are affected, to some degree, by the excessive consumption of alcohol. This problem needs to be tackled urgently.