Some of my hosts were there in the front rows to mark any signs on me of the night before.

I don't know what signs they marked, but I marked signs on them and took consolation in the knowledge that they were just as sick as I.
Never again, I swore.

And I have never been inveigled into another beer bust.

For that matter, that was my last drinking bout of any sort.

Oh, I have drunk ever since, but with more wisdom, more discretion, and never in a competitive spirit.