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Christmas parties are very special. We relax. We enjoy ourselves. We make friends with colleagues we hardly know. I do all of that even though I haven’t drunk alcohol since 12th October 1984. I get heavily stuck into fizzy water. This has a number of very clear advantages. I do remember what I was doing, […]
The busiest day of the year in my rehab is January 13th. The hope at home is that everybody will be relaxed, enjoying themselves and having a good time over the holidays. The reality of the Christmas period is that it is often a very stressful time. Families gather round to have a good fight. […]
There are people who simply overindulged over Christmas. They see a dry January as a good way to detox. That’s fine. A party every day is no party at all. It becomes the norm – like the Queen going to yet another banquet. Surely the fun in life is in its contrasts. But these people […]
People often ask me why they keep choosing to drink when they genuinely want to be sober. I asked myself that same question many times for many years. My diets and periods of abstinence ended in binges, time and time again. Already, after a couple of weeks, there are many people who have tried to […]
If you want a delicious meal and a pint of an excellent real ale, go to see my nephew, Michael, who owns and runs The Kings Arms in Trowbridge. By contrast, if you have repeatedly drunk too much on occasions, you might be better off seeing me. A dry January helps some people but not […]