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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Melissa Major & Sophie Goodall

'I convinced myself I wasn't an alcoholic until I caught myself doing something awful'

A woman decided she needed to confront her relationship with alcohol when she found herself pouring a glass of vodka one morning.

Charlotte Southall, from Lytham in Lancashire, had always brushed off the thought of being addicted to alcohol because she did not drink on a daily basis, and used occasions such as parties, Christmas and New Year as reasons not to give up completely.

“Every time I drank it was like playing Russian roulette," Charlotte told Lancashire Live. "I didn’t know how or when it was going to end.

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