Some people use alcohol as a crutch therefore it is essential to them. It could be used to prop up someone’s mental health too.
An alcoholic it certainly is essential without it they’re going to get very sick fast.
This is the problem everyone sticking their noses into everyone e km ses businesses. If these people just focused on what they need this rubbish wouldn’t get repeated.
It’s like the Mail whining about people buying paint from B&M as not essential, would they rather people did that they stayed home & painted etc or would they rather people broke the lockdown?