My main problem is that I drink too much. I mean the longest I ever went without a drink was … about a mile and a half. Alexei Sayle’s Stuff s3e6, BBC 1991
These men and women are residents of a wethouse: that’s a hostel which takes in homeless street drinkers and allows them to drink on the premises. There are very few hostels which will accommodate people who cannot stop drinking. Cutting Edge: The Wethouse, Channel 4 2002