Jermain Defoe was in a restaurant in Durham this week when he asked the waitress if the white wine sauce could be removed from his sea bass dish.
Last Saturday night, he sat with his mum in his Northumberland home and drank green tea as they watched his 150th Premier League goal on Match of the Day.
Defoe - described by Sunderland boss David Moyes as the fittest 34-year-old he has ever seen - has never touched alcohol. He never will.
‘You do get more out of yourself if you don't drink,’ says the striker.