On this week's episode I chat to the lovely Heather from Wakefield (finally! we've been trying to record this podcast for the last three weeks)

Heather talks candidly about her consequences when drinking - how she stopped caring about a job she once loved how she ended up with no empathy for the patients she was caring for.

We also touch on relapses and how telling ourselves it will be different this time - funnily enough, it wasn't!

Heather shares her experience with AA and how this has helped her overcome a massive loss in the family and how her relationship with her mum has gone from strength to strength, working the steps and the dreaded anxiety around step 9.

We discuss the array of alcohol-free options available - which might not suit everyone, but how they can help in social situations when you're not quite ready to announce to the world that you're an alcoholic!