The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less

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I've occasionally been asked why it is that I need to go for a drink before watching the Albion play. I've always answered with something lame, along the lines of, "You wanna try watching us sober" ... where does this urge come from? I've raced off to games hours early to give me a chance to drink a lot of beer in a relatively short time ... the craic is good, usually. Sometimes it isn't, Occasionally it's all rather boring. But I always make the effort. Why? Well..'

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Chiles married Jane Garvey, a former regular presenter of Woman's Hour on Radio 4, in September 1998 in Swansea. Chiles and Garvey have two daughters. In June 2008, the couple separated; they divorced in October 2009. [31] Chiles married [32] Guardian editor Kath Viner in 2022. [33] Adrian Chiles is the sixth celebrity contestant confirmed for the Strictly Christmas special 2021". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre . Retrieved 25 December 2021.Before going to university he was a keen amateur actor, appearing in the Crescent Theatre's musical production of Mary O'Malley's Once A Catholic and Sandy Wilson's The Cheese. After university, while waiting for his broken leg to heal from an amateur football incident, he applied for and failed both Civil Service exams, before being asked to apply for MI5 — he failed the second interview. [4] He studied journalism at Cardiff and then worked as a sports reporter for the News of the World. [5] Television BBC Chiles wrote the non-fiction book The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less, published in October 2022. [29] [30] Personal life Charles, Adrian (21 April 2022). "I have a urinal in my flat and it has changed my life – so why are people appalled?". the Guardian . Retrieved 25 April 2022.

The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less

All the experts tell him to stop. “We know a third of the people coming into the unit with alcohol-related liver damage do not meet the criteria for alcoholism,” says David Nutt, the renowned neuropsychopharmacologist (“not easy to say after a unit or two”). Half of people who drink do it to deal with anxiety and depression, he says.In his early career at the BBC, Chiles became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting Radio 4's Financial World Tonight. He also directed and appeared in "International Rescue" (1989) by Fuzzbox [27] and appeared in the music video " Terry" (1983) by Kirsty MacColl. [28] My treatment for ADD changed my life, so why can't I stop worrying about it? | Adrian Chiles". The Guardian. 30 September 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020.

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In August 2018, Chiles presented a BBC Two documentary entitled Drinkers Like Me in which he admitted to regularly drinking in excess of 100 units of alcohol per week [16] and investigated why alcohol had become such a big part of his life. As part of the programme, a doctor carried out a Fibroscan liver test on him, which produced a score of 8.9, indicating mild/moderate fibrosis of the liver and significant hepatic steatosis. Adrian, Chiles (1 August 2019). "I was surprised to read about my marriage to Maria Walsh – I've never met her". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 August 2022. Edmondson had a minor role in the 2012 film Blood. Edmondson and Saunders reunited with their former Comic Strip colleagues in 2012 for a Famous Five sequel, Five Go to Rehab. It aired on 7 November on Gold.In terms of advice on cutting down, he says ultimately it’s about being mindful. “The main thing is to count units, and not judge yourself. Use an app like Drink Less. Don’t judge yourself, don’t worry yourself stupid, just monitor it.”