Alcohol, Addiction & Hitting Rock Bottom | Abi Feltham’s Recovery Story

In this episode, Sober Dave sits down with Abi Feltham to talk about her journey through alcohol addiction, mental health struggles, and recovery.

Abi Feltham shares what it was like growing up feeling disconnected, struggling with low self-esteem, and using alcohol from a young age to cope. What started as a way to feel more confident quickly became something much deeper.

Over the years, her drinking escalated into daily use, working in bars, travelling across Southeast Asia, Australia, and North America, and surrounding herself with environments where heavy drinking was normalised.

Abi Feltham opens up about:

• drinking to cope with self-hate and depression
• living abroad while alcohol and drugs became part of daily life
• hitting rock bottom, including a suicide attempt and time in a psychiatric ward
• how addiction continued even after returning home
• the moment everything changed and she realised she had to stop drinking

Now over two years sober, Abi Feltham talks about recovery, the challenges of early sobriety, and how working on herself has changed her life.

This is an honest conversation about addiction, mental health, and what it really takes to rebuild your life from the ground up.

*Trigger warning-suicide discussed in this weeks episode*

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Abi.

IG -Abi instagram

Tiktok - Abi Tiktok

https://alcoholchange.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

https://www.grownuphustle.com/

Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez

@ GrownupHustle

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