Torres admits he was "killing" himself with drinking in the early 1990s until his bandmates urged him to seek help. He then turned to psychologist Lou Cox, who helped keep the band together after they fired manager Doc McGrath in 1991.

In new film Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful, Torres says, "I was the kind of person that wouldn’t drink for months and then blow off two bottles. A lot of that was s**t I had to learn about—my father leaving me when I was a kid…There was a lot of anger behind that.”

"I learned about myself through seeking people…to help me out. I came to grips with that. I met (my father) years later after 20 years…nd I was able to come to terms with that and forgive him…I’m really OK,” he continues.

Jon Bon Jovi says it was inevitable that the band intervened to help Torres. "He had a lot of demons…He was a really bad drunk…T was a very mean, mean man. He’d get you in a lot of trouble with a lot of people."

With Cox’s help, Torres has turned his life around. Bon Jovi adds, "His is the most together life of all of us."

Torres’ past problems gave him the expertise to help Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora when he was struggling with alcohol and prescription pills in 2008.

Torres explains, "The fact that I had four brothers come up to me and say, ‘We care about you’ was big… and it’s the same way I go up to people in the band."

In the new film, Sambora reveals he was initially embarrassed about his dependency on drugs and alcohol. "At first I was ashamed of it…My band and my family picked me up…I’m back to where I used to be."

MSN News recently reported that the estimated bill for lost productivity for Australian companies through hangovers and absences, staff turnover and early retirement was $5.6 billion a year. To combat this high expense, employers can try and deal with alcohol issues on work time.

The government report suggested that the potential of the workplace as a setting in which to address risky drinking patterns has been largely ignored in Australia. It is suggested that teetotalers could be pressured by their peers to drink when engaging in the after work culture.

“Workers may be pressured to join co-workers in regular ‘end of the working day’ drinking rituals,” the report said. “In some work settings, workers who do not normally drink in their own leisure time may find it expected of them by their colleagues or workplace.”

According to Stephen Overell, spokesman for the Work Foundation in the UK, many workers engage in social drinking after work, believing it will help them to get ahead. For many employees, they feel the pub is the place to market themselves and those who are shy or do not join in, feel they are at a disadvantage.

The government report also found that 96 percent of respondents drank at risky levels at least once a week; one in six workers reported physical abuse at work by a colleague who was under the influence; and one in seven reported verbal abuse. The negative effects of after work drinking negate any perceived benefits, putting increased pressure on employers to address the issue.