The last time I drank vodka was on my 20th birthday in 1971. I drank 3/5 of a bottle, shortly after I'd supped five pints of Tartan bitter. I vaguely remember standing at the top of Warwick Gardens, just up from Earls Court, unable to put one foot in front of the other to make progress. Can't remember much after that at all. I've avoided vodka ever since.