14 h. ago 'I drank so much wine every day doctors were surprised I was still alive'

Jennie Mccormack, 52, has now lost 5st

Society

14 h. ago Mum drank two bottles of wine a day after starting home work

Jennie Mccormac is now two years sober and has lost 5st

Politics

4 d. ago Model shrinks waist to 20 INCHES by wearing corset for 23 hours a day... despite doctor's warning

Aleira Avendaño, 33, from Venezuela, dons a tight girdle every day to ensure her waist stays at a mere 20-inches, only taking it off for one hour a day and even going as far as to sleep with it on.

Events

1 week ago I wallowed in booze for four decades. Here’s what five sober years have taught me

To give up drinking once seemed unthinkable – and when I finally made the leap, it didn’t go quite as expectedEveryone needs a hobby, and for 40 years mine was booze. I was 17 when I drank enough to throw up for the first time, and 57 when I stopped. In between I spent most nights, and thousands of lunchtimes and afternoons, with at least a gentle buzz on. One cheeky pint would turn into three, four, a binge. I blacked out. I had fumbling, regrettable sex. I vomited out of cars and on to lawns. I drank wine at 50p a bottle and £15 a glass – and a sea of lager, lager, lager. There was vodka flavoured with everything, from raspberries to rhubarb and bacon, plus gin and armagnac and amaretto and tequila and eggnog and crème de menthe and Baileys and sherry and blue curaçao and bourbon and cider and Kahlúa.Some evenings I would laugh and laugh and laugh; other times drinking felt more like a grim duty. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Diet that sheds weight fast by eating MORE: This easy plan was made to help cancer patients

At the age of 65, I have reached crunch point. I'm sick of weird diets and I'm seriously fed up with feeling hungry. I'm also really hacked off at still being fat

Science

3 w. ago I thought I drank like all the other mothers who brought wine to playdates. Then I did something to my baby that I'll never forgive myself for

A new mother, Kim was determined to breastfeed so pumped often and timed feeds around her drinking. One evening, however, the unthinkable happened. 'It was so traumatic,' she says.

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