I'VE never been that bothered about boozing. Chugging snakebites at university - an odd concoction of cider and lager - I tried my best to fit in, but a night on the alcohol never ended well. 9 We put six non-alcoholic, adaptogenic drinks to the test Credit: Supplied 9 We tried two of the G Spot Drinks - Lift and Soothe (pictured) - with the latter a Scarlet Apple and Sage mix Credit: G SPOT drinks 9 Gillian Anderson founded G Spot Drinks, with the tag line "taste what pleasure feels like" Credit: Getty While my friends thought nothing of necking a bottle of wine for 'pre-drinks', my one attempt to do the same left me in bed sozzled.
And don't mention the hangover - they were brutal and I used to dread it. Then, once I had kids, dealing with them and a sore head just didn't seem worth it. As I got older, I went from heavy nights out to enjoying a civilised glass of wine or two with dinner.
But the strong stuff has never been something I've craved and I knew it was a vice I wouldn't miss. So much so - and call me a bore - but I recently made the decision to go teetotal. And I'm not the only one to have made that choice - Davina McCall, Susanna Reid and Tom Holland are also famously teetotal, with the Spider-Man actor saying that quitting alcohol is the "best thing I've ever done".
In fact, 8.4 million people in the UK class themselves as being teetotal, with one in five under-25s in that category - the highest figure in that age group on record. 9 Susanna Reid is one of the fa.
