Tanya Bardsley’s secret rehab stint: ‘I was on a hamster wheel of death’
ok.co.ukFormer Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley is a woman on a mission. She is determined to help others struggling like she has with ADHD but who have slipped under the radar when it comes to getting a diagnosis and support.
And Tanya knows only too well what potentially fatal consequences this situation may have, after enduring a lifetime of mental health battles including three suicide attempts – the first when she was just eight years old.
Here, she exclusively tells OK! how she reached breaking point after “self-medicating and abusing alcohol” towards the end of 2022. “I was on a hamster wheel of death – I’d drink, feel anxious and have suicidal thoughts,” Tanya, 42, reveals while explaining how this terrifying spiral led her to check into rehab.
As we join the mum-of-four and her footballer husband Phil Bardsley at their stunning home in Wilmslow, this dark period of Tanya’s life seems very distant as she shares how she has now found peace, sobriety and spirituality.
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