Mother-of-two Angie Wilkinson hit rock rock bottom when she lost her home, her family and the will to live because of drink and drugs and an abusive ex-partner
She admitted she is struggling with the isolation of lockdown, and said if she hadn’t been in a recovery programme for the past 16 years, she suspects she would be drinking again.
‘Contact is so important for a recovering alcoholic,’ she said. ‘When I first joined a recovery group, I didn’t know what an alcoholic was. I didn’t know if I was or not.