You’ve spent the better part of a weekend at a swish country house of a friend of a friend 'powdering your nose' and guzzling cava with a totally-not-your-type posh boy who in retrospect was no Prince Harry but you snogged him anyway and you find yourself at Monday dawn, wired and worried about work in three hours and wishing you had some valium… who you gonna call? Why Mab the Intoxicator of course!
Trust the Irish to have this ballsy goddess. Mab or ‘Queen Maeve’ was a warrior, the female protectorate of the magical realm that was Tara. She imbibed potions that gave her fortitude for the good fight, was not shy of swallowing a skinful and was known ‘to buy victory with her willing thighs’. In other words, she took stimulants, got drunk and slept with the enemy. But not all the time. Mab was known to stop the war whenever she had her period. She knew that a girl needed a rest from excess occasionally. If only to ensure she was strong enough for the next round.
So if you’ve had a tired-and-emotional toxic pile-up and are feeling the battle pains, think of Mab. And don’t be hard on yourself. You took your turn on the front line, now leave it for the other sister-soldiers. Take a break from the booze, delete that dealer’s number from your moby and have a hot bath. Get through Comedown Tuesday first, then work on the next weekend.
Mod Mab - Kate Moss: iconic, ultra-successful model who has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers. Photos showing her using cocaine caused a scandal and several of her high-profile modelling contracts were cancelled. But support from the fashion industry and a general 'so-what' attitude from the public did not damage her career and Kate is still one of the top models on the planet.
