And Finally

Richards quits drinking

By | Published on Wednesday 27 January 2010

According to The Sun, Keith Richards has quit drinking, and has now managed to stay sober for four whole months. The Rolling Stones guitarist once famously said that he’d never stop boozing because he’d now outlived several doctors who said his hedonism would kill him, but seeing bandmate Ronnie Wood go off the rails with his drinking has apparently convinced him to give sobriety a try.

A ‘source’ said: “There’s no guarantees that he’ll stay off it, but he’s doing really well so far. He has always quite enjoyed the fact that he seemed to be able to carry on drinking as much as he liked with no real negative impact on his health, but he has watched Ronnie fall well and truly off the wagon last year and he doesn’t like what he sees. Plus, he has started to feel for the first time like it might do him some good to give up the booze for a while”.

I’m not sure I like this news; I’m going to need a stiff drink to get over it.



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