Norman Taylor

But when she passed away and I was on my own, I got into having a few drinks.

And what subsequently happened was it just built up.

And I was drinking for a good 15 years, I suppose.

And I was still working.

But I became an alcoholic, I would say, towards the last sort of five years.

No.

What I did eventually, well, I lost both of my jaws because of alcohol, including, you know, the services.

And I lost them both in the same week, funny enough.

But after that and a few years later, I realised that I had to stop drinking because alcohol

I was losing people around me and I wasn't myself.

So the only way I could do that was for three years, I basically drank every two and a half months, two and a half months to three months.

And it was just something to look forward to.

So I used to put it in my diary and I used to stick to it no matter what.

And I did that for three years.

And then one day I said enough is enough.

Because I'd had three years of drinking four times a year, and that was it.

I just completely stopped.

It's been probably about, coming up to a year and a half now.

Thank you.

It was one of those things where when you look at my journey with alcohol, I was diagnosed with PTSD and I'll always tell anyone, alcohol doesn't solve PTSD.