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The end of the bender? Stars embrace sobriety


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Apparently, more and more celebrities including Chris Martin and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Tate or David Walliams are staying away from alcohol these days. And the trend is not just celebrity-specific: politicians like France's Nicolas Sarkozy and George W Bush have joined the club of non-drinkers.

This seems to have a positive influence on the general population. According to the Office of National Satistics, the percentage of non-drinking women increased from 41 to 44 per cent between 1998 and 2006. For men, the numbers increased from 25 per cent in 1998 to 29 per cent.

Do you think this is the beginning of a post-alcohol era in which binge drinking celebrities like Amy Winehouse are an anomaly or is this just another trend that will be gone before it has properly arrived?
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