When the world mourned Whitney Houston, Michael K. Williams and Prince, we grieved collectively. Yet for many, the consequences of substance misuse were already painfully familiar. I have listened to friends describe mothers who would “choose booze over [them] in a blink of an eye”, or the decision made to leave home in order to survive.

Beyond celebrity tragedy lies a harsher domestic reality: “an estimated 2.6 million children in the UK are now living with a parent who drinks too much – many in silence and shame.” Moreover, “200,000 children in England live with an alcohol dependent parent and 1 in 3 children aged 10-17 experience negative consequences as a result of their parents drinking”, reports The Children’s Society.