A MOTHER has opened up on becoming an alcoholic after liquid lunches at her "glamorous" job turned into her downing eight bottles of wine a day - with her first tipple at 5am. But when she turned 21, she began working as a personal trainer before becoming a PA - and both jobs involved "lots of social drinking".
Image Credit: The Sun [Current picture of Sarah Day. Release date January 20 2025. A mum became an alcoholic after liquid lunches at her "glamorous" job turned into her downing eight bottles of wine a day - with her first tipple at 5am. Sarah Day, 46, started drinking wine at the age of 15 and would go on three nights out with her friends each week. But when she turned 21, she began working as a personal trainer before becoming a PA - both jobs which involved "lots of social drinking". Rapidly, Sarah's love for fun "liquid lunches" turned into an addiction - and she found herself needing to open a bottle of wine at 5am to start her day. After £30k spent on rehab, and numerous hospital trips to detox, Sarah was referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013, at the age of 35.]
Sarah Day, 46, started drinking wine at the age of 15 and would go on three nights out with her friends each week. Rapidly, Sarah's love for fun "liquid lunches" turned into an addiction - and she found herself needing to open a bottle of wine at 5am to start her day.
Image Credit: The Sun [Sarah Day, pictured when she was younger and abusing alcohol. Release date January 20 2025. A mum became an alcoholic after liquid lunches at her "glamorous" job turned into her downing eight bottles of wine a day - with her first tipple at 5am. Sarah Day, 46, started drinking wine at the age of 15 and would go on three nights out with her friends each week. But when she turned 21, she began working as a personal trainer before becoming a PA - both jobs which involved "lots of social drinking". Rapidly, Sarah's love for fun "liquid lunches" turned into an addiction - and she found herself needing to open a bottle of wine at 5am to start her day. After £30k spent on rehab, and numerous hospital trips to detox, Sarah was referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013, at the age of 35.]
After spending £30k on rehab and numerous hospital trips to detox, Sarah was referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for free in 2013, at the age of 35. She spent years struggling to attend sessions, but in 2019, decided to commit after a "particularly bad" detox.
Image Credit: The Sun [Sarah Day, pictured when she was younger and abusing alcohol. Release date January 20 2025. A mum became an alcoholic after liquid lunches at her "glamorous" job turned into her downing eight bottles of wine a day - with her first tipple at 5am. Sarah Day, 46, started drinking wine at the age of 15 and would go on three nights out with her friends each week. But when she turned 21, she began working as a personal trainer before becoming a PA - both jobs which involved "lots of social drinking". Rapidly, Sarah's love for fun "liquid lunches" turned into an addiction - and she found herself needing to open a bottle of wine at 5am to start her day. After £30k spent on rehab, and numerous hospital trips to detox, Sarah was referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013, at the age of 35.]
Now, she’s six years sober and wants to show other female alcoholics recovery is possible. Mum-of-one Sarah, who is currently unemployed, from Croydon, London, said: "My jobs involved lots of socialising and liquid lunches - it turned into drinking at 5am to get up in the morning and stop the shakes.
Image Credit: The Sun [Current picture of Sarah Day. Release date January 20 2025. A mum became an alcoholic after liquid lunches at her "glamorous" job turned into her downing eight bottles of wine a day - with her first tipple at 5am. Sarah Day, 46, started drinking wine at the age of 15 and would go on three nights out with her friends each week. But when she turned 21, she began working as a personal trainer before becoming a PA - both jobs which involved "lots of social drinking". Rapidly, Sarah's love for fun "liquid lunches" turned into an addiction - and she found herself needing to open a bottle of wine at 5am to start her day. After £30k spent on rehab, and numerous hospital trips to detox, Sarah was referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 2013, at the age of 35.]
"Because of my lifestyle, taking millionaires out for lunch, I could say: 'Yeah, this is just what I do.'. "But I struggled to hold down relationships, I lost all my hobbies and interest in anything that wasn't alcohol.". Despite her lifestyle "enabling" her drinking, Sarah believes alcoholism was always in her genetics.
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