Jill Halfpenny admits she would drink to 'escape' and 'stop overthinking' after her father suddenly died when she was a child as she bravely details her alcoholism battle If you're worried about your own or someone else's drinking call Drinkline for free and confidentially on 0300 123 1110 By Lily Jobson For Mailonline Published: 00:46, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 00:59, 25 June 2024 e-mail View comments Jill Halfpenny has admitted she would drink to 'escape' and 'stop overthinking' after her father Colin suddenly died of a fatal heart attack when she was a child. The actress, 48, who has been completely sober for over a decade, bravely detailed her alcoholism battle in her new memoir A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss. The former EastEnders star said she felt a 'weight lifted off her shoulders' when she plucked up the courage to admit she was an alcoholic in an AA meeting in 2013.
Jill said she could see herself becoming a 'different person' every time she would binge drink to escape her normality. In the book, she writes: 'I began to see that I became a different person when I drank and I didn’t always like who I became. Jill Halfpenny, 48, has admitted she would drink to 'escape' and 'stop overthinking' after her father Colin suddenly died of a fatal heart attack when she was a child The actress, who has been completely sober for over a decade, bravely detailed her alcoholism battle in her new memoir A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst .