'Scary' fact that made Julia Bradbury give up alcohol for good TV star Julia Bradbury said one “very scary fact” shared by her doctor made her cut out alcohol to maximise her chances of remaining in remission after her breast cancer diagnosis.
For Bradbury, this fact alone was enough, she said “It was like okay - I’m not drinking anymore.” Speaking of her past drinking habits she said:”I don’t know if I was an alcoholic - they would say ‘she can drink anyone under the table.’ I was addicted to alcohol - the good bits of it.”.
Speaking on Davina McCall’s “Begin Again” podcast, the TV presenter said that despite being known for “drinking people under the table” before her mastectomy she now has only “one glass of bubbly” on her birthday each year.
This is because Professor Gareth Evans, a breast cancer expert, scared her off alcohol for life by telling her “if you drink more than 6 units a week - your risk of re-occurrence goes up by 28 per cent.”.
But she said giving it up “wasn’t hard because of [her] children.” This being said, there is still the one treat she will allow herself a year.
