Chocolate dark & bitter. Just discovered a Nestle variety here in Oz called Mocha Truffle - combines deep dark chocolate with deep dark coffee flavour. Yumm!

Cheese - allergic to dairy foods, that's why.

Scotch whisky - but never gin when depressed. I tested the Scotch theory for 14 months until end of June last year. It definitely works for stress. It is like a switch being turned off in my brain, stopping that high speed mouse-wheel repetition of everything that was worrying me and for which I could find no solutions.

I haven't had a drink of Scotch for at least 6 months. Only needed it when I needed it.

Helen