I have this debate in my head often. I love the Friday evening drink, especially when I’ve been working from home. The computer is shut off at five and me and the wife are ready for a drink.

I eat well, train hard in the gym and run and if I have a hangover - by hangover I mean just being aware of having had a drink the night before - I make myself follow through with training regardless.

I do think it has become a bit too much of a ritual but we’re parents to two young kids and I feel like blowing off steam on a Friday actually does us some good.

Our life seems to fluctuate every 6 months or so due to work being so seasonal for me so it’s about to be flipped on its head again with my busy period kicking off. I work from home a lot during the winter which makes the five o’clock beer a lot easier to say no to if it’s actually 6 o’clock and I want to go to the gym.

Something we do is limit our drinking to two nights a week only which works quite well.