“I’ve lost 3.5 stone since I quit drinking, because I’m no longer sabotaging my weight loss with alcohol.”
For decades Annette was a “career boozer”. Alcohol was woven into everything, from her work in the legal world to her social life. Despite some serious health scares, she kept drinking and cried every time she thought about having to stop.
In this interview, we talk about what finally made Annette say “enough” and how she navigates champagne-soaked events without drinking. We also discuss the weight she’s lost since ditching alcohol and why that was so hard to do before.
“I was a career boozer. Always had been. Right from my late teens. I loved a drink, and it formed a regular part of my social life and very much a part of my working life right the way through.”
“I was putting away over a litre of gin a week – and that was on top of other drinks. Considering my health issues, it was very dangerous. I realised I was on borrowed time. It was very dangerous… and there I was just vaporising gin.”
“I knew I could not face another day of talking to myself in the shower saying, ‘You’ve got to stop this, Annette.’ Every time I thought about joining the course, I was in tears because I knew I really needed your help.”
“I’ve lost 3.5 stone since I quit drinking. Before, I’d try to lose weight, but I wasn’t counting the drink. So sooner or later, the weight would go back on.”
“One of my proudest moments is going to a retirement party for a colleague of mine. It was like being in a river of champagne. So I got a pint glass of lime and soda and held that all evening.”
“I finally saw alcohol as the addictive, pernicious substance it is – not as a personal failing.”
“I wanted to be a grandma who could be trusted and relied upon to look after the baby.”
“I genuinely feel like a young girl again and that comes across in everything I do.”
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