Well I dont have the stats at hand for today, but in 1997, according to this, the rate was 6 per 100,000. That is 0.006% of the population. Hardly the epidemic its made out to be.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/12/11/binge.drinking/?related

And of those that will almost certainly be PROPER alcoholics - i.e. the ones that drink 20 pints a day (or whatever). That is 3,600 people out of 60 million!

Big deal!

I bet more people die getting out of bed every year!