Minimum unit pricing: Scottish MSPs to increase price to 65p

Joshua, who is 28, has just 10% of his liver left after years of abusing alcohol.

From his hospital bed in Glasgow, he told BBC Scotland he thinks the minimum price of alcohol should increase further still.

But he also believes there should be a clamp down on how alcohol companies are allowed to advertise.

“How can you put on a packet of cigarettes all these warnings, but on a bottle of alcohol all you get is a circle saying ‘drink responsibly’?” he said

“I think they should be putting stuff like ‘liver disease is a fatal condition’.

“They make an enormous amount of money through us buying booze and it’s everywhere, it’s marketed everywhere, it’s the adverts. Take those down.”

Joshua used to be teetotal, but says after watching his uncle die from alcohol addiction and experiencing years of homophobic bullying he began drinking.

“I would just sit at home and drink litres of vodka, I was too afraid to leave my front door,” he said.

He’s determined to stay sober, and hopes that young people learn from his mistakes.

“I try to not worry but deep down it petrifies me what could happen,” he said.