Last One Laughing star 'had to choose' between alcohol and her career
Last One Laughing star Lou Sanders has admitted that she "had to choose" between alcohol and her career amid her addiction troubles. The comedienne has explained that she decided to choose her career when one moment in particular gave her a wake up call.
She said she realised that she "can't have a career and be an alcoholic" which is what led her to give up drinking. The Dancing On Ice star noticed that during one gig in particular that it would be better for her to not drink and has now noticed that there's "quite a bit of distance" between her now and who she was when she drank.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Lou said: "I was too obstreperous when I drank and I had to choose my career or drinking. I chose my career." However, she then revealed what her hangover dish was when she did drink, adding: "But when I did drink, and was veggie, eggy bread covered in salt was my hangover dish."
Lou has opened up about the moment she decided to give up drinking. She explained that it was during a gig that she realised she couldn't carry on anymore.
Lou wrote about her journey in her memoir What's That Lady Doing? False Starts And Happy Endings where she said she had a heavy drinking habit in her teens. She carried on binge drinking for decades before giving up altogether.
The 45-year-old wrote: "I threw an empty bottle of wine at the audience and called Ed Gamble some horrible stuff that is so far from the truth. He's the nicest, nicest guy ever. And then I pulled Arthur Smith's trousers down. When I threw that bottle, I could have seriously damaged someone.
"The last [gig where I drank] was a snowboarding trip and I was with loads of people that love a drink, yet I was the biggest problem. I got so drunk and started heckling the other acts – the worst thing you could do ever. I don't understand how that's even in me to do that when I'm drunk. So then I did stop drinking because I thought, 'I can't have a career and be an alcoholic.' Some people manage, but it's increasingly going out of fashion."
Despite this, Lou has said she has now moved on from who she was back then, adding: "I've got quite a bit of distance between me now and me when I was drinking. So it's good to draw a line under all of that and just think, 'Oh, I'm not that person now.'"
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