Why Vicki Notaro is not going on the dry this January

Irish people seem to live in extremes: do the dog over Christmas before wasting a fortune on fancy running shoes and starting another ill-fated diet in January. We need to chill out, writes Vicki Notaro

Yes, taking a break from drinking is good for the body... but what’s the point of swinging from one extreme to another, just to go back to normal once February hits?

AS a teenager, I never had much interest in alcohol. My parents had a laid-back attitude to drinking, so I never got blotto in a field with the rest of the the gang, and begging outside an off-licence was never my style.