I would have understood the reasons why I should stop, but I wouldn’t be able to relate to that frame of mind to be able to be free of it. One is life stage: drinking usually starts as a social activity when people are in their teens or 20s. My feelings had been building for a while, but would I have voiced them in that way without alcohol? People that don’t drink are classed as boring, but after 30 years of drinking, I think drinking becomes quite boring. But just maybe you are considering extending your abstinence into February, and beyond, after discovering the joys of sobriety after years of drinking.

I used to brag that I didn’t get hangovers, but I think because of the frequency of my drinking, I lived in a constant state of hangover. Long, lost, miserable days in bed, curtains closed against the sunshine, trying to piece together the night before. We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child.Her back pain eased, simply because she wasn’t sitting on the sofa drinking several glasses of wine every night, which had become a reward for getting the kids to bed – something “very normal for lots of people, particularly women”.

I felt so much more able to look after my family and run my business, and that helped drive me forward with not drinking. A sequel to Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop smoking - the guide that helped millions of smokers to quit. On top of this, there are generational cohorts whose members share similar characteristics, not just their age. Carr uses personal experiences and experience gleaned since the 1980s to bring readers methods of losing weight or stopping smoking. His mental health has improved and he lost weight and to begin with he used an app that showed him how much money he was saving.I was that person when I was drinking who was gutted if somebody turned up and they were on antibiotics or they were pregnant. Last summer, I went to a wedding and ended up drunkenly haranguing my best friend of 24 years, detailing every resentment I had with her and every way in which she had ever pissed me off. Now that I am drinking occasionally, I don’t use it much – it is aimed at people who want to stop drinking entirely – although I peek at it sometimes to reassure myself that it is still there.

But I drank heavily just enough – once a month, sometimes more, not often less – to give myself, in the end, crushing, deep, dark anxiety. The day before the hangover to end all hangovers, I had gone for a late lunch with a friend; we shared a bottle of prosecco.People Andy’s age are the nation’s biggest drinkers – the 55 to 75 age group, with the second-biggest consumers belonging to the group below, 35 to 55. Using examples from his own experience, Allen demolishes all of the myths that surround drinking and shows us all exactly how to enjoy social occasions more, leaving you better equipped to handle stress.