Charlotte Southall knew she needed to confront her relationship with alcohol when she found herself pouring a glass of vodka one morning.
She had told herself she was not addicted 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. But as she tipped the spirit into her glass that morning, ready to take a swig, she realised things had gone too far.
“Every time I drank it was like playing Russian roulette," said Charlotte, from Lytham, in Lancashire. "I didn’t know how or when it was going to end.
