Lou Hamilton on Quitting Drinking After Decades of Buried Trauma

Lou Hamilton was twenty-three when she watched the Lockerbie air disaster fall from the sky onto the village where she had just moved. She did not lose anyone. She was not injured. So she told herself she did not have the right to feel traumatized, and she got on with it for two decades.

This is the recovery story of an artist, author and podcast host who finally quit drinking at fifty, after half a bottle of wine a night had been masking her unprocessed PTSD for years. Lou tells Sober Dave about Lockerbie, the buried trauma she only recognized while making a documentary about war veterans, and the New Year's Day she just decided to stop.

You'll hear about: the night Lockerbie came out of the sky; how alcohol numbs trauma without you knowing; gray area drinking and why it is harder to quit than you think; menopause and alcohol; and the creative life that opened up on the other side.

If you have ever wondered whether your drinking is masking something, this one's for you.

This episode of One For The Road is sponsored by https://tweaklife.co.uk/ Further information and links attached below.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Lou.

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

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez

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