Author Patrick Ruddy lives in Scotland with his wife and children. With excepts from his new book 99 Percent Sober, he talks about that ‘big’ (and much googled!) question. 

“I finally flipped the question on its head. I stopped tying myself up in knots trying to answer if I was an alcoholic. I reframed the question. I asked myself instead: “Would my life be better with less alcohol in it?”