Ben Stokes describes his relationship with alcohol having quit drinking before the 'huge' Test season

Alcohol has had a strange relationship with cricket and cricketers. Beer pints are the first thing seen in players' hands after the game is done and champagne is splashed around in celebrations when the trophies are lifted but cricket is a lonely sport. The higher pedestal a cricketer is put on the moment he/she is experiencing the highest of highs, they are removed from that pedestal even quicker and are not even spared a hand to get up. One of the best cricketers of this generation, Ben Stokes, has been through it and has learned his lessons the hard way.

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