No it is not always deserved, I got to know an alcholic in London a few years back, he was being beaten up near waterloo station I gave the two lads a thump and helped him, it turned out he used to work in the city (stock exchange) had lost his family, it was very sad, so he started drinking and ended up living rough, but that bloke was a really nice , who couldn't handle his family having all gone. still makes me abit sad when I think of him, all I will say is, " There but for the grace of God, goes I "