Oh how people forget... George Best even got a liver transplant and it didn't stop him. He took drugs to make him nauseous if he drank - that didn't stop him.
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Think Michelle needs to get her PR team to fact check before articles are printed. In past articles and interviews she has claimed she drank 2 bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka EVERY DAY for 2 years. In Closer this week, it's watered down to 4 days a week on it. And I still don't believe that picture of her with a puffy face, I mean WHY was it taken? Almost as though it was set up as a 'before and after'.
I don’t believe that photo either, it looks like a reaction to tear trough fillers or maybe hair/eyebrow dye. I think any awareness for drug and alcohol abuse is good though and I hope her experience helps others. I remember watching a documentary called rain in my heart. I think it’s on YouTube. It films four alcoholics during their hospital admissions and relapse. It was raw, shocking, very real and so sad. It really opened my eyes to alcoholism, it was absolutely heartbreaking. My heart goes out to anyone going thorough it.
My friend has a now ex partner who is an alcoholic. She is a clinical psychologist. There was absolutely nothing she or the rest of the family could do, or still can do to help the situation. Thousands has been spent on rehab/professional help and none of it works because he doesn't want to help himself or accept his situation. After 7 years, he's still in denial and he's in a very sorry state. It's incredibly sad and has a very negative impact on his family and children. You wouldn't believe the lengths he goes to to hide his drinking - and so many lies. They are indeed master manipulators.
I just wanted to highlight this because regardless of whether she's telling the truth or exaggerating for attention, there's very little a family can do in these situations.
Well during lock-down there was which is why she came a cropper I believe. Can't hide the bottles and, in fact, couldn't really buy them either without someone noticing. No way she could slope off somewhere. What job does her husband have?
I don't think anyone is questioning her family's support; however, would a supportive husband who was worried about his wife descending into chronic alcoholism really be happy and willing to post 'jokey' pictures of said wife licking wine from the carpet in front of their kids and film it for Tik-Tok? Or is it more that she overdid it in Lockdown, she read her overdue mortgage statement and concocted the 'hours from death' narrative to keep her relevant and to earn a few £££?
I have no idea about her situation or what her husband does. You just wouldn't believe the lengths alcoholics go to in hiding their problem. Lies upon lies, burying bottles in the garden, removing kickboards under the kitchen to hide them. I could go on. They try to act normal or pretend that they have the flu, diabetes, indigestion etc to disguise the damage that alcohol is doing. It's truly awful what they put their family through. Often the family are gaslighted into thinking they have stopped and that they are on the mend. Like I said, they become master manipulators and it's horrifc.
Actually I would - I had an alcoholic boss once. I can remember jumping up and down on his attache case until I heard the satisfying crunch of glass. He hide mini bottles in empty box files, cisterns - even my office. He got worse and worse and people in the nearby shops knew what he was doing and would ring us up so we could waylay him.
I think in the current climate to question anyone's mental health and accuse them of lying is very unkind and tbh if she is not directly negatively affecting others then I don't understand why people should be so incandescent about it? Don't read the articles, don't watch her interviews - don't get involved in something you have no control over.
But the point of Tattle is that we point out the lies or half-truths out there. Many people on the thread have their own take on the situation as it is being presented by the media and they find it wanting in many respects.
Fair enough I suppose.
By the same token, I don’t understand why you read this thread because it obviously gets to you.
My alcoholism is one of the worst periods of my life. Unless I train to be an Addiction Counsellor, I can’t imagine making money off something so awful. Every Lorraine appearance, every Daily Mail and Closer article, she’s earning money. AA is a great way of giving back and carrying the message and of course publicity raises awareness - but she’s benefiting from it first and foremost.
I don’t question everyone’s mental health or addiction stories but I do think a lot of people’s bad behaviour is passed off as mental health issues and that sits as badly with me as making money off an addiction that ruins lives day in day out.
I think I can smell the stench of hypocrisy from here. You are the very same poster who refused to believe that people who doubted Heaton's story obviously had 'no real understanding or experience of alcoholism'. So it's OK for you to question fellow posters and deny their experiences but if anyone dares criticise Michelle or question her motives we are being 'unkind'.
& actually I think she is affecting others. It is a dangerous message to claim you're 'all good' after such a short period of rehab.
I will read, watch and comment on what I like. Get off your high horse and stop belittling others. This is a showbiz gossip site and if you don't like it why not take your own advice and refrain from reading?
I would mention that Heaton is supporting Price; a woman who appears to have manufactured a DV case out of thin air. She was pictured round at Price's MM the other day; laughing and joking. This is very strange behaviour by a 'recovering alcoholic' considering Price's drink/drug abuse is once again so close to hitting the headlines. You are, to some extent, the people you socialise with so this is a bad choice.
I am not on any horse to get down from and I did not belittle anyone - equally I am entitled to my opinion.
I'm cynical about that photo too.
Perhaps she took it after some bad fillers or some such cosmetic procedure and she was poised to sue, but the alcoholism thing proved more lucrative, so she repurposed it for that narrative instead?
You completely belittled people who were being very honest about their struggles and experiences by saying 'anyone with genuine knowledge would not question Michelle.' That's nasty. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion just as I am entitled to question it.
I do feel quite bad commenting on here, it’s obvious she struggles with her mental health. I don’t question that she has a massive problem with alcohol at all after hearing her doctor reading her medical notes. I can’t imagine going through what she’s gone through with her health at a young age. Ive also not experienced the menopause yet but I know lots of women struggle with the symptoms and use alcohol to cope. I really hope she stays clean and sober for her children and her husband, who need a happy, healthy, present Mum. If you have a problem with alcohol, it doesn’t matter how much you’re consuming, whether you drink everyday or once a week, if you’re drinking to oblivion and blackout every time then you’re putting yourself in danger and have a problem. Personally I’m not comfortable when alcoholics disclose how much and how often they were drinking because people who aren’t consuming as much as she said might think they don’t have a problem, but if you’re the type that when drinking one drink it too many and a thousand is never enough, you have a problem. I do question that photo though, maybe I’m naive, I just didn’t know alcohol or drugs could do that. Most heavy drinkers and alcoholics I know, the damage to the skin has been permanent as in eye bags, thread veins etc. Yes the red eyes, yellow tinge and bloating would go down and she does look very puffy in some photos when she would have been heavy drinking, but other than that I don’t think you would look much different three months after stopping drinking would you? I would have thought it would take months/years for your body to start recovering and adsorbing any vitamins and minerals you would have been deficient in to notice much of a difference. The photo certainly got attention, the shock effect and publicity, which in a way she’s raising awareness for drugs and alcoholism so that’s good I suppose & I hope it helps people. I think she’s still very vulnerable and exposing herself & being so open and honest so early on is risky for her recovery. This thread is tame compared to what the Daily Mail commentators have written over there. If she reads there feeling vulnerable or on a bad day, it can’t be good for her recovery. Personally I’d have kept it quiet until I was stronger and more confident in my recovery but I don’t make money from my personal life.
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I like the point you make about people disclosing the amount they drink as actually representing very little in the case of alcoholism. Very well put. She came out all guns blazing with a bottle of vodka a day and numerous bottles of wine in tandem. Then she cut it down in subsequent stories. She went for shock value. I'm sure we all know alcoholics and have no idea that that is what they are. Maybe the woman who, as you say, drinks to oblivion say once a month and has dangerous sexual encounters. A man struggling to keep his family afloat to the point he is pretending to work extra hours but is drinking. I find it funny that someone can accept Heaton's truth and MH struggles as gospel but equally chooses to say that those who are recovering have no right to an opinion.
So glad I’m not the only one that thinks this. That was not alcohol related. That was a reaction to something .