Hollyoaks' Stephanie Davis opens up about deadly alcohol addiction after CBB stint

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Celebrity Big Brother house.The former Hollyoaks star finished in second place on the Channel 5 show back in 2016 and went on to enter into a relationship with co-star and Irish model Jeremy McConnell – who is the father of her son Caben.But the public relationship soon took a turn which caused 29-year-old's life to spiral out of control in full view of her adoring fans.Now the brunette beauty has revealed how she would often turn to drink to help her “self-medicate” through a toxic period in her life.The soap star went on to open up about her relationship with alcoholism in a lengthy video on Instagram after five years of being teetotal as she revealed just how dark her troubles with booze got over the years.In the lengthy clip, she explained how she found a love for alcohol at a young age after she got drunk when she attended a family wedding.“From a young age I never agreed with alcohol.

At 14, I remember being at a wedding and I couldn’t stop. I actually went round every table and took the drinks off the adults and put them under a table.“I probably wanted to get drunk for the first time - I was obliterated.

I wet the bed and my mum tried to cover it from my dad. You try to put it on being young, but it’s never agreed with me. Was I born like that?

Is it genetics? All I do know is that I'm an addict.”She continued: “It really started to kick off for me...people have different views, my dad said it was in my early teens, around 17.