I'm not an alcoholic, I am a freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban. The collection highlights denial and self‑labeling, moments of brilliance while drunk, early social labeling, and long‑term abstinence after years of use. Sometimes they are treated as outcasts, and jokes about their behavior show how society both mocks and isolates them.
![“We were looking for someone who could get the film [Filth] made at that kind of level, with the finance we wanted, and we spoke to a lot of people. When I met James [McAvoy] in the Soho Hotel with Jon Baird, the director, he looked about ten years old. I thought there's no way he's going to be a…” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/irvine-welsh-843_alcoholics_we-were-looking-for-someone-who-could-ge_1584255.jpg)
