Teetotal

One of the things we tend to do in Britain is follow the all or nothing mantra.

So, after the festive season and gallons of pints of wine and party liquor in our stomachs, it seems a reasonable resolution to swear off drinking.

The teetotal craze is starting to hit our shores.

ELLE has a article about it, and newspaper columnists seem to swear by it. It is true that many people keep off alcohol for a month after taking the resolution.

The problem is that it is only a overload-party-effect. Who never uttered in a moment of drunken misery and brain-cell damage: "I am never drinking again"?

Teetotal is not an altogether bad idea: alcohol is intoxicating, it gives bad skin, doubles the recommended daily calorie intake (although a Starbucks cappuccino does too...) and can ruin a few stilettos.

But staying completely free of it might not be the best of ideas either, it's better to learn moderation. And after all, we need something to numb the pain of wearing high heels, and I have found in the past that a medium glass of white wine can do the trick.