The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less

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Moderation is complicated. It’s more complicated than stopping in the sense that everyone knows you’ve stopped’ … Adrian Chiles. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Keogh, Frank (23 November 2007). "Anthem gaffe 'lifted Croatia' ". BBC Sport . Retrieved 2 March 2008. AC: Something you said that really resonated with me, and actually made a difference to my moderation, was when you said that when you’re not drinking, you’ve got to make an extra effort with people, to be funny, and charming. I thought drinking was absolutely essential to have a good time. If you’re using that word, “essential”, you’ve got to have a look at your relationship with alcohol. In the past, you could have filled a room with all my favourite people in the world, and if I wasn’t allowed to drink, I wouldn’t really be looking forward to seeing them. He blames ‘social norming’ for binge drinking. “We all think everybody drinks too much, but half the adult population never go to pubs or clubs. The figures show about 70per cent of people do drink within the guidelines. The problem is, drinkers like me surround ourselves with other drinkers. So, every greeting card you see has drink on the card. We’re only choosing to see the other drinkers.” He appeared on the second series of Al Murray's Happy Hour as himself, and also had a cameo as himself in Series Two of That Mitchell and Webb Look. [ citation needed]

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. AC: Sometimes I do still feel as though it’s more than just a handrail; maybe a handrail and half the stairs. Chiles was the World Record holder for highest number of kisses received in 60 seconds from 2007 until 2009, with 78. [24] [25] 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. Self, Will (18 May 2023). "My obsession with Adrian Chiles' column". The New European . Retrieved 19 May 2023.

In January 2018, he was moved to Fridays only and the title was changed to Chiles on Friday, with Emma Barnett hosting from Monday to Thursday under the title The Emma Barnett Show, although the content remains essentially the same. On 23 January 2015, it was announced that Chiles had left his role as ITV's football host with immediate effect. [23] He has not returned to the channel since. 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. Chiles describes himself as "almost vegan". [42] He has a urinal in his flat and has written about the mixed reactions it receives. [43] Charity work

Methven, Nicola (19 November 2011). "Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles axed as hosts of ITV flop Daybreak". Daily Record. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. In his early career at the BBC, Chiles became an assistant producer and, by 1993, was presenting Radio 4's Financial World Tonight.

JR: At the heart of this is one of the useful definitions of an alcoholic as opposed to a heavy drinker. When you take the first drink, are you able to limit your drinking from that point onwards? You talk about drinking two pints of Stella mixed with spring water as part of your moderation. That would be absolutely impossible for me to do, because once I have one drink, I then drink to exactly the same point every time. I know all this, but I still worry. There’s something unsettling – as well as reassuring – in the increase in diagnosis and medication. When I type “ADD diagnosis” into Google, the first thing to come up is an ad for a Harley Street place offering “online diagnosis for ADHD today”. And further down the search suggestions are the words: “To be diagnosed with ADHD your child must have six or more symptoms of inattentiveness, or six or more symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsiveness.”

AC: Even if you take it that alcoholism exists, and there is such a thing as an alcoholic – and clinically, my understanding is that it doesn’t really exist, but I’ve stopped arguing against it – my issue has always been that if you can stop, then you drink with impunity. That was very damaging to me, because it meant that I could go on drinking 100 units a week, thinking that was fine. On 6 September 2010, he made his first appearance on Daybreak, ITV's new breakfast television programme. [20] The show failed to capture a larger market share than its competitor Breakfast, and on 18 November 2011 it was announced that Chiles would be axed from the show. He was replaced by Dan Lobb. [21] Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. [1] He has co-presented both The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for football coverage on ITV Sport from 2010 until 2015. His journalistic training and love of football resulted in his presenting business programmes such as Working Lunch and The Money Programme as well as sports programmes like Match of the Day 2. He currently works for BBC Radio 5 Live. In January 2011, Chiles began presenting That Sunday Night Show on ITV, which returned for a second series in September 2011 and a third in January 2012. [ citation needed] From May 2010, Chiles fronted ITV's football coverage. He made his ITV debut on 24 May 2010, presenting the England v Mexico friendly at Wembley (England won the match 3–1). [18] [19]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.