Michelle Heaton has shared a devastating video showing her in the depths of her alcoholism. The former Liberty X singer , 44, has been sober for more than three years after being told by doctors in 2020 that she was “close to death” and her liver was failing. Marking Alcohol Awareness Week on social media, Michelle bravely uploaded a clip from three years ago that showed her opening her birthday presents alone.
She told her followers on Instagram that she wanted to share a “look back at the last few years of my mental torture and how I was broken”, and came across the video she had taken on her 41st birthday. “I share this video with a heavy heart,” she began in the caption “I am now 3 years and 2 months sober. I don't recognise this person.
This was my 41st birthday I'm coming up to my 45th in 2 weeks time...
I would not be here if I didn’t surrender or accept I was an alcoholic!” In the video, Michelle can be seen looking worse for wear as she slowly realises that she has passed out after a drinking session on her birthday. The singer, who is married to Irish businessman Hugh Hanley, then becomes upset as she discovers not only is her husband not with her, but her daughter Faith, 12, and son AJ, 10, have left her alone after she fell asleep on the floor at 4pm in the afternoon. “The kids have gone and I'm sat here by myself opening up my own presents.
Oh my god I feel awful. I'm opening up my cards and presents with no one. I actually think I might cry.
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