'I used to drink 28 pints and a bottle of vodka a day... then I was told I had two hours to live'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Staring up at the fluorescent lights on the hospital ceiling, Ashley Varley knew he'd hit rock bottom. The 38-year-old was just hours away from death after drinking himself into oblivion.

Boozing to the point he didn't know his own name was a state he got into every single day. And now his life was at risk. Something had to change.

Just 10 years earlier, things were completely different. Settled down in a house with his childhood sweetheart and three children, Ashley was living the dream.

He had everything he’d ever wanted. Until he didn’t. Without realising it, Ashley, from Oldham, had developed an alcohol addiction.