‘I would drink a bottle of whisky alone’ Anita Raey shares her battle with alcoholism

Former Radio presenter Anita Raey has shared her battle with alcohol addiction.

Raey says she would drink to cope with different things life threw at her including a failed marriage.

‘I am 365 days sober, I am emotional. My entire growing up I coped with drinking. I started drinking early, In class 6 I was drinking a lot.

By the time I got to class 8, I was a heavy drinker, I continued drinking in High school.I was such a heavy drinker, I got married I drank, I left my marriage I drank.

I underwent a major operation in 2019, I drank so much to cope.I do not remember a point in my life where I did not drink.

Anita went on to say with time she started forgetting stuff.

” Last year, I got tired, I couldn’t remember most things. I couldn’t remember the situations I had.

I had to watch videos and see photos to remember what I had done last night.

On June 2nd I decided I did not want to drink anymore. It’s been a year.This year I got sick and I did not drink, I watched someone I was taking care of die and I did not drink.

She further added

I broke up with someone I wanted to be with I did not drink. I lost someone I had known for a long time, I did not drink.

I went to a bar I used to drink for 12 years but I did not drink.’It is a big deal for me.I used to drink a whole bottle of whisky. This is my biggest miracle.”

Anita says she was so deep into alcoholism that she couldn’t imagine dating a sober guy.

“I used to tell people I could never marry a man who doesn’t drink. Nobody told me to quit. No amount of words can explain how I feel. I never went to any rehab.If you want to stop it, the world will help you stop. You can overcome any addiction.”In a different video, she shared some other addictions she battled.

“I was addicted to masturbation for a very long time, I was addicted to weed but I quit in 2012. I was addicted to cigarettes I started smoking in form 2 but I stopped in 2018 after 14 years.I struggled with vaping after that.”