Everyone that I've met in my life have met a nice character who is an alcoholic.
All my own life I've only ever met alcoholics who were convinced themselves they were nice, friendly, funny, smart etc.
Once you get to know them everything quickly unravels.
I still haven't even seen the video of Lefevere but if he's indeed smashed out of his mind, a lot of his other behavior in recent months is explained (& it's the result of both the drinking & the bad character which usually go hand in hand).