And that was by my own choices. When the war was on, it hardly seemed sensible to drink much - if something was to come up unexpectedly, I wanted a relatively clear head to be able to deal with it.

[it's not a very exciting reason, but she hadn't gone teetotal on you, Bellamy. just something she'd thought of as logical at the time.]

Such a shame, all the times I've missed being able to say to hell with it and let myself go.