VOGUE WILLIAMS

My drinking has changed. I really hate the feeling of being hung-over, so I try to limit what I drink when I go out. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still happy on a night out when I go a bit crazy with my friends, but usually if I have had a really long day at work I will have a glass of wine with a friend.

I could have a glass of wine maybe two to three nights a week. It just depends. I definitely have a different relationship with drinking now than I did when I was in my early twenties. We used to just go out and go wild and binge drink. I try not to do that as much anymore because I just don’t have the time to do it.

I don’t have the time to give up a day to be hung-over.

I wouldn’t say I was drunk, but I was tipsy last week. I was out for dinner with friends and then I didn’t start drinking until about 10 and didn’t get home until about three. The next day I was fine. I wasn’t hung-over or anything like that.

I try to drink water during a night out because I do get quite bad hangovers. For me the hangover cure, depends on the level of the hangover. I would sleep as long as I could because sleep is the only thing to cure a hangover. But when you’re hung-over you never sleep in, so I would usually be up about 9.30am and I’d have bacon and eggs on toast.

The Fear is horrific, so that’s probably why my drinking has changed. I suffer from anxiety anyway, so drinking really heightens that. It’s awful; my anxiety will be really bad the next day.

I don’t want to be drinking every night even if it’s just one glass of wine. You could get in the habit of it, and there’s nothing wrong with it if you keep it to a glass.

But, to be honest, I’d rather have a Whole Nut bar and a cup of tea. On a night out, I would have a vodka with fresh lime and soda or vodka and a Diet Coke. If I’m just sitting in having a glass or two, it would be red wine.

Could I imagine myself not drinking at all? No, because I enjoy drinking.

I enjoy wine, it is a sociable thing. I know that’s a horrible thing to say — and I do have friends who don’t drink and they will still enjoy their night out —but I like drinking.

It’s not really an issue for me. I would definitely have a life with a lot less alcohol in it now.