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On reading that back I'm concious that I've come over all Daily Mail when I didn't intend to. I'd like to point out that I love a good drink and have occasionally been known to get drunk. Its just that (most times) I know when to stop and don't have the slightest illusion that I look or sound fabulous whilst doing so. And I don't think the barometer (if that's the right word - yardstick?) of how good a night I've had is whether I've flashed my tits at a camera or thrown up at a bus stop (and taken pride in doing so).
 
A case in point would be my mate Chris's 40th a couple of years ago. I hadn't eaten as we were supposed to be going for a curry later so I started drinking fairly early and on an empty stomach. Chris was in a similar situation. A couple of pubs later and I'd drunk a bottle of red wine and approx 3 1/2 pints of lager, eaten only a portion of chips and snogged the entire group of people I was with including an absolute minger of a girl. I felt like death the next day. Now this scenario wouldn't have been out of place on tonight's report but the difference between them & me is that I am far from proud of my antics. The amount I'd drunk scared the shit out of me and I swore never to drink like that again. And I haven't except for the slight blip mentioned in one of my early posts.
 
I drink because I like the taste of the beer/wine, not as a means to an end - getting wasted.