Another year, another January. I began, of course, full of good intentions for the year ahead starting with writing
more often and making sure I do things on my bucket list (commencing with
creating a bucket list). So here we are on the 31st with my first article. What my resolutions most certainly do not include, however, is
drinking less.
I understand the rationale behind
the current fad for “dry January” but thank goodness we are nearly at its end as temperance fundamentally makes absolutely no-one happy. Not the person abstaining and certainly not
the people around them because the ascetic is generally as miserable as sin.
Social plans are ruined because one of the group isn’t drinking and doesn’t
want to go to a cocktail bar. Bring into the equation the myriad of diets being
touted around and eating out is off the agenda too which is a crying shame when,
for once, you can actually get table reservations in most London restaurants.
