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Toby Young: Why I'm giving up drinking. And chocolate. And ice cream...

Without drink, I can work harder, sleep better, and feel more in control. But how will I cope with the boredom?

11 January 2014

9:00 AM

11 January 2014

9:00 AM

I’ve gone completely overboard with New Year’s Resolutions this year. I’ve sworn off three illicit substances — alcohol, chocolate and ice cream — and vowed to eat an apple every day.

I’ve given up alcohol before. The first time was when I was living in New York in the 1990s, though the episode that prompted it happened in Switzerland.

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