METALLICA  cradle JAMES  HETFIELD  is struggling to stay on off alcoholic beverage as the band embark on another world spell.
 The  singer is a convalescent alcoholic, wHO has managed 12 years without booze.
 But  he admits its a hard temptation to stand - peculiarly when the band is on the road.
 Hetfield  says, "The  temptation to drink is with me for ever. When  you've through something a certain room for so long, doing it a different way is hard.
 "You  start to doubt yourself. I'll  ne'er be cured. It's  i of those things that I'll  make to deal with all my lifetime." 
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