'I became an alcoholic after getting addicted to booze at the age of 12'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn alcoholic who started drinking at the age of 12 has opened up about the struggle of addiction and wants to help others overcome it.
Zosia Remvowski, 54, would often go into her school in Blackpool drunk. She left the school on the week of her 13th birthday and had begun to learn how to hide her addiction from those around her. "I'd already sussed that if you carry mouthwash around with you - but that was quite expensive, so it'd be chewing gum, it'd be anything to take the smell away," Zosia told LancsLive. "Back then in school, it was nothing like it is now, so nothing was really followed up with. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. "I went a couple of times in the following years, just to hand notes in.
Notes that I'd written from my mum to keep everything quiet." Throughout her young teenage years, Zosia worked in order to fuel her addiction by helping out at a fish and chip shop.
She was unable to control her drinking and would buy spirits or strong lager which she would drink as quickly as possible to get drunk as quickly as possible.
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