At age 26 - and to the outside world - Playboy model Jessica Landon seemed to have it all. She partied with Hugh Heffner at the Playboy Mansion and was one of the most in-demand models, securing big money deals and living the A-list lifetsyle.
But Jessica was hiding a devastating illness, which she had been gripped by since her early 20s - an addiction to alcohol. By the time she was 26, the former model admits she was downing vodka 24 hours a day and had suffering appalling injuries and health problems as a result of her addiction.
Forced to move into a friend's attic as her problems spiralled out of control, Jessica tripped over the stair rail, landed on her head and suffered a baseball-sized brain haemorrhage.
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