IF I DRINK AGAIN I'LL DIE
natasha farnham
At 14, Natasha Farnham was told by doctors she was the youngest person they had ever seen with liver failure
By the time Natasha Farnham was 14, her drinking was so out of control doctors told her she was the youngest person they had seen with liver failure.
She had started drinking heavily two years before and was consuming up to six bottles of wine a day with a litre of vodka on top.
Now, at the age of 18, she has been warned that if she drinks again she will die.
'I didn't think my drinking was a problem because all my friends were getting wasted every weekend as well,' she said.
'I suppose I thought I looked grown-up and would drink as much as possible - sometimes even passing out.
'I never questioned what I was doing and my mum didn't know because I would pretend I was staying at a friend's house.
'I would save my dinner money and spend it on booze. It was never hard to get our hands on alcohol.
'But now I have no short-term memory and doctors warn me that if I drink any more, I will die.'
Natasha, from Bath, is now on a rehabilitation programme to beat her addiction and hopes her story will help other youngsters to understand the dangers.
'I have been a binge-drinker, had liver failure and been in rehab and I'm still a teenager,' she added.
'At 13, I would drink up to three litres of wine a day, followed by two bottles of Lambrini and perhaps a litre of vodka. I was too young to understand what an alcoholic was, let alone understand that I was one.
'When I was told about the liver failure, it was the doctors that looked the most shocked.'
More info at Binge Britain: 5,000 children a year now being treated for drink problems | Mail Online
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