Mum drinking three litres of vodka a day was given just 24 hours to live

A mum was told she had just 24 hours to live after drinking three litres of vodka a day at the height of her alcohol addiction.

Charlotte Durcan considered herself a non-drinker just three years before her addiction reached its peak. But as a self-confessed 'extremist', within 36 months she had spiralled out of control and was in danger of losing her life.

The 30-year-old began to suffer seizures and blackouts as a result of her drinking, finding that without vodka she would start shaking and sweating, reports LancsLive.

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It was when Charlotte, from Colne, realised that she couldn't go without a drink that she knew the drinking had become a serious addiction.

The mum-of-two said: "In the mornings, I would have to have a drink, just to level me out.

"It would be vodka and that would be a pint of vodka neat. That would be literally to stop me from shaking and stop me from being too sick and sweating - that'd work.

"From there, it would just carry on throughout the day, but obviously, when money went tight and things, I would try and get family to get me drink. I was using all my money up on drink, so they'd sometimes only be able to get me bottles of wine and things.

"Then I started to realise it was a problem, when I could have a full bottle of wine and it wouldn't affect me." Charlotte realised she needed to drink vodka in order to feel a difference, but after blacking out again, she visited the hospital for the first time.

She was kept in for a few days and returned home. However, despite going four days without drinking whilst being admitted, she "went straight back to the drink" upon her return and ended up back in hospital