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After years of binge drinking, I haven't touched a drop for 11 years. I lost a stone and a half, got rid my 'booze face'... but it was the side-effects that were the most incredible: HANNAH BETTS

After years of binge drinking, I haven't touched a drop for 11 years. I lost a stone and a half, got rid my 'booze face'... but it was the side-effects that were the most incredible: HANNAH BETTS

Once upon a time, booze was my great joy. From the ages of 13 to 43, it was the thing I prioritised above all else: friends, family (damn it, it was how I dealt with family), the lot. Drinking was how I defined myself.

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