Clarkson On The Wagon

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he stopped drinking and that he’s now saving over £500 a week.

18:01 08 June 2015

Jeremy Clarkson has recently revealed that he quit drinking after watching a new Amy Winehouse documentary. The former Top Gear host said that he was inspired by it and the death of former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy. 

 

He wrote: "He was an affable soul who like what I'm sure he would have called a tincture, and a family statement says the post-mortem showed his death 'was a consequence of his battle with alcoholism'."

 

He added that being sober has helped him work negotiations as “Californians have a habit of ringing at 11pm.” 

 

Clarkson added: “While I try to find a new job, I’ve reassessed my drinking strategy.

 

“Californians have a habit of ringing at 11pm and I realised I couldn’t think as straight as they do with their leaves and mineral water existence if I was halfway through my third bottle of Léoube.”

 

However, Clarkson made it clear that he hasn’t given up on drinking yet. 

 

“I want to emerge from this period of abstinence as a social drinker who can whoop it up with the best of them at an all-nighter, but then stick to effing elderflower cordial when it’s a Wednesday and I’ve an early start,” he wrote.