'You've got that pain that you're missing something, that you're mourning something. With bold Southern humor, journalist and performer Kirk Read takes readers on a guided tour of his precocious and courageous adolescence. Everything was coming out as I was sobering up – it was awful, it was painful. I remember packing heels and a going-out dress as I thought, surely we'll go out for one meal. Speaking previously to OK!, she said: 'It's not exactly a hotel. It would be one of the most difficult months of her life – and the most crucial. But it wasn't until the following April that she was admitted to the Priory rehab and mental health hospital for a 28-day stint. Michelle is now doing well and is still following the 12-Step Programme and attends AA meetings regularlyīy September 2020, doctors warned Michelle she could die from liver failure, and many of her family and friends begged her to get help. The operation to reduce her risk of breast and ovarian cancers, after learning she carries the mutated BRCA2 gene, also triggered her early menopause at the age of 34. It was a terrifying climax to becoming dependent on alcohol while suffering from hormonal depression after a hysterectomy.

The star is a symbol of hope to others with similar problems, and previously said she hit rock bottom in January 2020 when she was drinking up to a bottle of vodka and two bottles of wine a day, as well as snorting cocaine. Michelle is still following the 12-Step Programme and attends AA meetings regularly.

'As long as I continue to do my meetings, step program and work on myself I don't ever need to go back,' Michelle concluded alongside the hashtags: '#sobriety #alcohol #alcoholic #recovery #addiction #help #throwbackthursday #aa #12steps.'

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