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The devil drink

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My husband has been away this week and when that happens, I normally just drink all evening, which is just pathetic and self-pitying and it really has to stop. Plus, cutting out booze is one of the fastest ways – as well all know – to get thinner.

I did go through a phase of drinking vodka, fresh lime and soda when I found myself alone in the evening. Great idea in theory, but in practice by that point in the day I was usually so fed up that I couldn’t even be bothered to mix all three ingredients together and ended up just sloshing 250ml of chardonnay into a glass. Again.

But this week I have a new tactic, which is working and feels a bit mad but also inspired. What happens is this: I put the kids in bed then go downstairs and eat my dinner (fish and chickpeas, fish and lentils, fish and greens) and then after dinner I neck one shot of very cold vodka.

And that’s it. You can’t do a shot on an empty stomach because that’s just suicide, (in the way that a few sips of golden, buttery Chardonnay isn’t), there’s no mucking about with it, it does exactly what you want it to – takes the edge off, blurs the lines – and it’s quite grim so you won’t want to do another one and therefore get far too pissed for a Tuesday night.

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  1. laurawelsh says

    May 12, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Could you do a post on ‘interesting ways with fish’ please? I am so BORED with salmon fillets and cod in a foil parcel..

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  2. lisa says

    May 12, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    this post is why I have such girl crush on you. Patsy is my Spirit animal..lol
    Trade off Chardonnay for Merlot and that is me. I will have to try your vodka trick. Also I second the request for ‘interesting ways with fish’ Lemon and dill does get boring after awhile. Thank you.

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  3. Cindy says

    May 12, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    I love this – my husband was out the other night, like not even away or anything, just OUT and within minutes I was drinking crappy Prosecco that I don’t even like and just watching the Pierre bits of War and Peace. A shot of vodka would have gone nicely with that xxx

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  4. Mama says

    May 12, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    I love this, no bullshit, just neck the vodka and move on!!

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    • esthermcoren says

      May 12, 2016 at 8:25 pm

      I don’t muck about…

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  5. El says

    May 13, 2016 at 10:44 am

    love this. One vodka shot, (for me has to be Smirnoff) straight from the freezer works a treat 😉

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  6. Emma says

    May 13, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    I had a shot of Gin the other night. Mainly because I had run out of mixers. And wine.

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  7. Susanna says

    May 13, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    Blurred lines… like it a lot!
    I love The Spike, but I miss Rifle for the great recipes. altho’ there were 2 massive disasters converting UK to Canadian measurements!

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    • esthermcoren says

      May 13, 2016 at 6:13 pm

      I have never, ever got the hang of converting measurements from there – or the US – to here, so I’m amazed you even tried xxx

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  8. Annie says

    May 26, 2016 at 12:13 am

    I thank you for your honesty. Amen to Esther.

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