‘I picked up the bottle of Jacob’s Creek and drank straight out of it. I was seven’: John Robins on being an alcoholic

An exclusive extract from the comedian’s new memoir • ‘I wanted alcohol to take me to a place where I was not’ Read an interview with John Robins The first time I tasted alcohol that wasn’t licked off a cork would have been at about the age of five or six. I’m terrible with years and the memory is incredibly hazy. But I was at the house of my godmother, Heather. For some reason they were drinking champagne. I don’t think I remember my mum drinking any kind of alcohol more than a dozen times i...

By John Robins