Addiction might be hereditary, but David Campbell is determined to change the storyline in his own family.

It all started when David Campbell spoke to Karl Stefanovic on The Today Show about Shane Warne’s “thirsty” interviews of players after the Cricket World Cup.

In the face of Karl’s protestation that celebrating with alcohol was “part of our culture, part of our history,” David, host of Channel Nine’s Mornings and dad to three little kids, disagreed.

“I think we celebrate drinking too much. We can’t sit around saying ‘Australia has a drinking problem’ and then sit there and celebrate that.”

And today he explained why he feels passionately about it, saying that he gave up drinking last year when he began to worry it was affecting his family.

David wrote in the Daily Telegraph:

David with his boys.

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Of course, David has experience with alcoholism. His father, rock icon Jimmy Barnes, has fought alcohol and drug addiction his whole adult life.  But now, he says, “my family’s alcoholism stops with me.”

David Campbell and his wife, Lisa.

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He says doesn’t want his children to grow up in a world where alcohol is normalised. Where it becomes the ONLY way to celebrate.

Then he poses one last question to the people of Australia.

“Why can’t drinking be an option, not the expectation?”

We couldn’t agree more.

Flick through to see some more photos of Billy and Betty and the rest of the Campbell family…

David Campbell's family photos.

Billy and Betty.

Proud Grandad Jimmy Barnes.

David and Lisa.

Billy and Betty.

David, Lisa and Leo.

Lisa, 33 weeks pregnant.

Billy and cousin Dylan.

1 week old.

Tired dad.

Billy and Betty, 5 weeks.

Big brother Leo and Betty.

 What do you think about David’s comments?