A chronic alcoholic has told how he used to drink 48 cans of lager and two bottles of brandy every day.
But 28-year-old Sean Whiteside from Preston in Lancashire has pledged to beat his demons for good after cutting down his boozing - to 30 cans a day.
On Monday he was given a two-month suspended jail term after pleading guilty to breaking into a neighbour's house in July and stealing beer and £25 worth of change.
Since the offence, Whiteside says he has cut out brandy and one night a week goes for help with his addiction at Preston's Alcohol and Drug Services centre in Fox Street.
Judge Christopher Cornwall said "It almost defies belief how anyone can drink 48 cans of lager a day and a bottle or two of spirits.
"You have reduced your intake to 30 a day, but it is still an astonishing amount for someone with a damaged liver. Every single drink does you a bit more harm."
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