9 Years Alcohol-Free: How Denise Welch Quit Drinking for Good

Denise Welch used to drink four or five bottles of wine in a night, get two hours of sleep and walk onto a TV set like nothing happened. She'd tell herself she was functioning. Inside, she was falling apart.

In this episode, Denise sits down with Dave and tells the full story. A happy childhood in the North East. A wanted pregnancy at 31 that was followed by crippling postnatal depression nobody saw coming. Years of self-medicating with alcohol and cocaine while holding down Coronation Street, Loose Women and a family. Complete blackouts she still can't remember. And the night she smashed up the flat and realised she was about to lose the man she loved.

You'll hear about: postnatal depression and how it triggered her drinking; the 13 years of living a double life; getting sober as a couple with Lincoln; why she still gets depression but no longer compounds it with alcohol; and what life looks like at 62 with three jobs and zero hangovers.

If alcohol is making you more unhappy than happy, this one's worth your time.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice, and also contacts for Denise.

@Alcoholexplained

https://www.instagram.com/alcoholexplained/

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/