... which seems like a very strange way round for it to work!

I'm reminded of the Paul Merton sketch about someone trying really hard to start smoking. "Sometimes I don't smoke as many as 20 cigarettes a day. Often I'll not smoke a cigarette, and then immediately not smoke another one. I've tried starting suddenly, cutting up..."

Did he try nicotine patches? That would actually make sense.

I thought I was the only person in the country who kept resolving to drink more, and failing to do so.