For almost Alison Calder's entire career she was surrounded by wine. At work meetings, formal events and social occasions, the drinks were often flowing.
To her friends, colleagues and acquaintances, Alison was a 'party animal' who simply 'liked a drink'. But in private, booze was fuelling a spiral of self-hate.
"I should have realised that the alcohol industry probably wasn't for me," Alison, 41, told the Manchester Evening News. "But I just really felt like, if I just kept trying to moderate more successfully, I'd be able to carry on my career and have the business that I wanted."
