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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

‘Crippling menopause symptoms drove me to drink three bottles of wine a day’

Lindsey Beveridge

Debilitating menopause symptoms drove Lindsey Beveridge to the edge, fuelling an alcohol addiction that saw her drinking three bottles of wine a day and spending up to £250 a week on her habit.

The 55-year-old from Manchester weighed just seven and a half stones at the height of her alcoholism in 2015 and feared her addiction was so bad her daughter would one day discover her dead.

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