A mum-of-two who binge drank three bottles of wine a night has spoken of how she turned her life around and became a fitness fanatic.
52-year-old Rhian Jones said that her decades of boozing were the result of a long struggle with her mental health – one which, out of sheer desperation, saw her try to take her own life on a number of occasions.
But now the former estate agent from Morriston in Swansea has spoken out about her long-kept secret battle in the hope it might help others.
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“I’ve suffered with depression and anxiety pretty much all my adult life and had been heavy drinker for about 20 years,” said Rhian.
“It started out as just a bottle of wine to myself of an evening and got worse from there.
“I’d also start downing rum and gin and would go out to clubs and pubs a lot. Most of the time I wouldn’t remember a thing from the night before.”
Adding that she’d probably spent thousands on alcohol over the years – “I’d probably be a rich woman now had I not” – she still somehow managed to hide her problem from both her family and friends.
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