HAVING necked a litre bottle of gin, 18-year-old Sally Hopkins should have been hammered - but it had barely even touched the sides. Not that it mattered. Like most boozy nights, Sally knew one way or another she was going to end up drunk.
At the height of her alcohol addiction and binge drinking, Sally regularly blacked out and was left feeling like her life was over at just 19. It was only when she sought help from her ex-alcoholic dad John, 59, that she was able to turn her life around. She says: “At my worst I was constantly hungover or drunk, and having daily panic attacks.
“I’d always blackout, and was constantly scared about what I’d said or done. Embarrassing myself just became the norm. READ MORE FABULOUS REAL LIFE “It was dad who helped save me from such a dark, desperate place.
" Thankfully Sally, now 25, has been sober for nearly six years, using her personal experience in her job as a recovery mentor to help other women struggling with addiction. Across the UK binge drinking is a big issue, and a recent report revealed British women top the list for the world’s biggest female binge drinkers, with 26 per cent having at least six drinks in a single session at least once a month. ‘I was really heavily binge drinking’ Sally's story began when she started drinking alcohol with friends at 14.
Most read in Fabulous She says: “It was problematic right from the beginning, when I'd drink with friends at house parties. "I drank was whatever I could get hold.