September 19, 2012 7:35 PM BST
I can vouch for all of the above. I did it last Saturday. IT WAS AWESOME!
What you say to yourself is "I've come this far, I'll just do....and see how I feel." Obviously putting in the next thing...the getting out of the car, the walking down the street, the going in the pub....
And then at the end of the night, you don't want it to end. You don't know why you worried. And you want to do it again! (and again!)