'Let Bottle Begin'

Madam, - Róisín Ingle in "Let Bottle Begin" ( Magazine , June 17th) uses phrases such as: "I was up and down to the wine table…

Madam, - Róisín Ingle in "Let Bottle Begin" (Magazine, June 17th) uses phrases such as: "I was up and down to the wine table all night", "by the time the match was over I'd managed a whole bottle" and "I continued drinking at a delightful 50th birthday party that night".

Surely the effect of such an article can only be to condone the cult of excessive drinking? - Yours, etc,

CHRISTINE SCOTT, Silchester Park, Glenageary, Co Dublin.