Claim 52205af0Checked 09 Jul 2026
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Inconclusive — not enough public evidence to rate.
“Some people who go through that lifestyle are lucky.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
The claim is too vague and subjective to verify as a fact. Public health sources do support the broader idea that alcohol-related harm varies a lot from person to person, and that some people who drink heavily may not develop alcohol use disorder, but whether those people are “lucky” is an evaluative judgment, not an objective fact that can be proven or disproven from public evidence. Sources: NIAAA, “What Is Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)?” https://alcoholtreatment.niaaa.nih.gov/what-to-know/alcohol-use-disorder ; NIAAA, “Risk Factors: Varied Vulnerability to Alcohol-Related Harm” https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/health-professionals-communities/core-resource-on-alcohol/risk-factors-varied-vulnerability-alcohol-related-harm.
From article
I didn’t say that in the book, no.
Listen, drink is an extraordinary thing. It’s very, very deeply embedded within our culture, and when I left school and went into the City – well, everything revolved around it. I’m very honest about the culture. You know, looking back on it now, many people would be repelled by it. And some people who go through that lifestyle are lucky and some are desperately unlucky, and you never know which you’re going to be. Lots of people who were my drinking mates in the City have been through the most disastrous downward spirals, and a lot of them are dead. A lot of them are dead. I lived through all of that and I’m very candid: I say I am lucky. I am lucky.
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