Oct. 15, 2024 – After an 18-hour bender that finished at 9am, the “beer fear and anxiety” got too much, and Jessie Hallett knew she had to quit drinking.
For more than a decade, weeks would go by without a day of sobriety – but now the 29-year-old realised she had a problem, and may not make it to Christmas if she didn’t stop.
“I was burning the candles at both ends, I was working long days and instead of going home after those shifts I would go out after it,” said Jessie.
“I would drink the next day to avoid the hangover.
“Then all of a sudden weeks go by and you realise you haven’t had a day go by without a drink.”
Jessie, who lives in Cardiff, said she drank socially from a young age – but it’s when she started working in hospitality she noticed her drinking habits changing, going out after shifts finished.
Then the pandemic hit, which made her drinking much worse.
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