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03.01.2024 - 12:35 / ok.co.uk
Just over a year ago, Tanya Bardsley hit rock bottom, finding herself on a “hamster wheel of death” as she grappled with symptoms of ADHD. But – after checking herself into rehab – 12 months on, the Real Housewives Of Cheshire star is stepping into 2024 a new woman. Her sobriety birthday – on 30 December – gave Tanya, 42, the opportunity to reflect on the past year and the ups and downs of a life free from drink.
“It’s been life-changing,” she explains. “But also one of the most difficult, best years of my life. Alcohol is escapism and I’ve had no escapism – I’ve had to sit with feelings.” The mum-of-four used booze as a crutch to deal with difficult situations, but feels she copes better with life’s challenges now she no longer drinks.
“I’ve lost somebody while I’ve been sober – a close family friend – and I had to bear that grief,” she says. “But I think if I had still been drinking and still self-medicating, I would have been truly in a right mess now. I’m so grateful every day that I managed to get sober.” At her lowest ebb, Tanya – who has three sons, Rocco, 14, Renz, 10, and Ralphi, seven, with husband and ex-footballer Phil Bardsley, and is also mum to 21-year-old Gabriella from a previous relationship – suffered from suicidal thoughts.
But it was the aftermath of drinking alcohol that led to physical and psychological issues. “It’s not like I drank every day, but I had a bad hangover problem, rather than a drinking problem,” she says. “I would suffer for days.
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