Lisa RI has opened up about her 9-year sobriety Milestone during an interview on Lorraine speaking to host ranir

Singh on Thursday August 15 Riley said she used alcohol to self-medicate following the death of her mother I’ve spoken

a lot about this I was self-medicating with alcohol Riley said I wasn’t sleeping because I’d lost my mom and I wasn’t coping very well
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according to Riley who stars as emmerdale’s Mandy Dingle she was drinking two bottles of malbeck a night to help her

sleep before quitting altogether Riley who will be celebrating being 9 years sober on Monday said of the upcoming anniversary I’m going to be 9 years sober I just stopped drinking for the good and the better for me I prefer me now I’m sober I never thought that I’d be sackier with you now saying that this coming Monday I’m 9 years sober explaining that she couldn’t get
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through events without alcohol Riley revealed how she would play games with herself about how long she could go without alcohol saying all of a sudden you become obsessed I never thought that I’d be here now I love it she added the fake me has completely gone and I don’t ever want to have that back because it’s a better place to be elsewhere in the interview Riley shared her thoughts on Patty and Mandy dingle’s future following a day of wedding drama viewers will know Patty and Mandy’s wedding