‘What was the pain that she was trying to numb?’

Amy started drinking alcohol, along with many of her peers, in her very early teens. By the time she was a university student, she was addicted to alcohol

‘It just took all the good things out of her life’

Jane Mackenzie doesn’t want other young people to go through what Amy did. She doesn’t want other parents to know the pain she’s known, either. Find out how she tries to make sure that doesn’t happen, in this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.

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‘I became an expert by experience’

Jane became an expert on alcohol addiction through her own experience with Amy.

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Stories from your family

Jane Mackenzie had another story to tell whilst we sat in her garden.

Again, it involves a member of her family. But it’s a story about which she knew little, until she starting digging into it.

What she’s discovered is so fascinating, Jane’s writing a book about it.

It’s a story of courage, compassion and dogged resilience in the face of evil and bureaucracy. It also sheds light on an unknown facet of one of the great humanitarian actions of the twentieth century.

You can hear Jane Mackenzie tell that story, next week on Hello You the Shropshire podcast.

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