A handle of vodka a day put her in a coma at 30

At thirty, Adriana was in a coma and her family were read her last rites. Cirrhosis of the liver. Doctors told her one more drink could kill her. She had to relearn how to walk, how to read, how to live.

And then she drank again. That is the part of this story people who have never battled addiction cannot follow, and the part anyone in active addiction recognises immediately.

Fear is not enough. She was terrified every single time she picked up a drink after that hospital bed and it did not stop her, because this is not about willpower and it is not about knowing better.