article_snippet.sent: This is an incident that started out as a joke but didn't end up that way', John Simmons added. '
article_snippet.sent: Before this Christmas party John Simmons was almost minded not to attend and now of course regrets the fact John Simmons did. '
article_snippet.sent: John Simmons hasn't drunk from that day to this.'
article_snippet.sent: You were in trouble with the police and the courts quite a lot when you were younger
article_snippet.sent: but for the last 20 years you have stayed well clear of trouble,' Mark Lawson said. '
article_snippet.sent: You put that all in jeopardy when at a Christmas function last year you drank too much. '