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EastEnders' legend Jill Halfpenny opens up about secret battle with alcoholism

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EastEnders actress Jill Halfpenny has bravely shared her private struggle with alcoholism.The 48 year old star, who played Kate Mitchell on the BBC soap, has been living a life of sobriety for over ten years, but she's now revealing the challenges she faced with alcohol in the past, particularly as she grappled with the grief of losing her father at the tender age of four.

In her heartfelt new memoir A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss, Jill reflects: "I began to see that I became a different person when I drank and I didn't always like who I became." She candidly admits: "For a long time, alcohol had helped me escape, to stop thinking.

Conversely, I thought it also helped me access all the things that lay dormant inside me." Opening up about the support she found, Jill shares how another actress at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was a beacon of hope for her.

Recalling the moment, she says: "As I calmed myself down, I noticed a woman walking around, asking a few of the attendees if they would be happy to do a reading.

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