Maria Clyne's story of how alcohol affected her health | Mail Online

<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1266037/Maria-Clynes-story-alcohol-affected-health.html">Maria Clyne's story of how alcohol affected her health Mail Online</a>: "Alcohol had been a constant feature in Maria Clyne's career as an IT trainer. Drink-fuelled lunches were followed by after-work bottles of wine and lazy Sundays were whiled away in the pub. Throughout her 30s, alcohol was the crutch that saw her through the breakdown of her marriage. But for Maria, the amount she drank was to have devastating consequences. At the age of 38, having suffered from irregular periods for five years, she discovered she had experienced an early menopause, a fact that her doctor said was most likely caused, and without doubt contributed to, by her binge-drinking. At her lowest point she was drinking two bottles of wine a day - 18 units, when the recommended weekly limit is 14 units. 'When I look back at my younger self, I want to take her by the shoulders and shake her,' says Maria, 42, now a practising addiction specialist based on London's Harley Street.<br /> 'I used to think getting drunk all the time was fun, I used to think it was just what young women did with their lives. 'From the time I turned 30, you could see the damage alcohol was doing to my body in terms of my skin being dry and blotchy, and I often felt exhausted and"

Maria Clyne's story of how alcohol affected her health | Mail Online

Maria Clyne's story of how alcohol affected her health Mail Online : "Alcohol had been a constant feature in Maria Clyne's care...

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