Binge drinker who collapsed on Scots train ditches booze to become personal trainer
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who struggled with alcohol all his life and drank two litres of spirits and eight beers every weekend has quit the booze and is now becoming a personal trainer after a health scare in Scotland.Kevin Lamb was travelling north of the border from his home in Cumbria for work when his stomach swelled to double its normal size and he ended up spending nearly two weeks in hospital in Kirkcaldy.
It was at this point that he realised he needed to make a change.The 47-year-old had started bingeing on cheap cider when he was just 19, before moving on to vodka and other spirits.
He piled on the pounds, with his weight peaking at 217lbs - 15-and-a-half stone.But he finally decided to quit the booze after he collapsed in pain and ended up in hospital for 12 days and doctors warned he would kill himself if he did not stop.
Kevin decided to make some huge changes in the following years, most notably stopping drinking, and he has since shed four stone and is studying to be a personal trainer.
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