Roy Stride
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They just wanted to sit with each other and hang out and watch telly and drink tea.
For someone with an addiction problem, that was hell because I couldn't drink.
So I got a bottle of squash, which I knew they didn't like, which was like this summer fruit squash, and I put vodka in half of the squash.
So I had half squash and half vodka, and it was in the cupboard that I'd just have when I was there because then I could drink.
Everything we do and the reasons we have behind it.
I've searched for a while, but do you feel like there's a root cause for alcoholism, for addiction?
Do you think, like, for you, there's something you can trace it back to?
I don't...
Yeah, I love that.
I think it's so important.
I mean, I've given up on looking now.
Really?
I'm just like, I know I am.
Yeah.
And that's enough.
And it's a beautiful thing.
Yeah, it's a beautiful thing.
Yeah.
I mean, exactly.
What was it like for you?