I know that sounds melodramatic, but it’s absolutely true. And the reason I’ve written this book, the reason I’ve revealed immensely personal things, is that I wish more people could also discover the wonderment of that trade-in. You don’t even have to be addicted, like I was, to choose sober. Even threes on the addicted-drinking scale have hangovers of Dementor soul-sucking proportions (hey, Harry Potter fans). Even fours do and say stuff they acutely regret. Even fives feel that ‘I want wine’ scratch once the working day is done, like a cat relentlessly scratching at a door. If there’s one
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