Addicted To Love

I traded alcohol for a toy boy! Dawn Gadsby, 53. Stumbling out of bed, I grabbed a bottle of vodka and chugged some back before washing it down with a mouthful of cola to take the taste away. The shakes will go soon, I assured myself. Once the alcohol had taken hold, I spent the rest of the morning in a drunken stupor. The only time I left my house was to buy more booze. It was 2009, and I’d been an alcoholic for 20 years. My family and friends all begged me to get help, and my doctor had warned me I was killing myself, but truthfully, I didn’t want to stop drinking. I didn’t think I could cope without it. My problems started at age 12 when I…

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