I cannot stand being hungover. I am an anxious person and the one thing that exacerbates that is drinking. So why can’t I put down my glass for good?

My day-to-day anxiety, for the most part, is manageable. I have found great ways to deal with it – training, therapy and sometimes medication – but when I’ve had a drink, the next day I find life almost unbearable.

I went out with friends a couple of weeks ago and I honestly had such a great night – but when I woke up the next day after four hours sleep, my anxiety was at full tilt. All I could think of was how I’d ruined my day, how I wasn’t going to get anything done, how I hadn’t gotten up with the kids in the morning. I felt like I’d let myself down.

Looking back, these were obviously ridiculous thoughts, but try telling an anxious person that. Or........

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