"a recovering alcoholic who relapsed earlier this year..." one of these things is accurate, but not both. 
And FYI, C Zannache, this behavior DOES define him presently, and involves the taxpayer. 
And while we're loading this mess into the "just another Springfield white trash story" file, 
observe please that he came across the River already sh*t-faced, and a Springfield bar refused to boil him even further.