Woman who downed two bottles of vodka a day unrecognisable after going sober

Abi Feltham was drinking up to two bottles of vodka a day (Image: SWNS ) A woman looks completely unrecognisable after ditching drinking up to two bottles of vodka a day and going sober. Abi Feltham, 35, started drinking cider as a teen in parks with her mates to cope with the death of her father when she was three. She said she drank alcohol every single day from the age of 14, and things got worse when she began a 10-year backpacking stint. At her worst, she was drinking two 700ml bottles of whiskey and beers a day. Covid struck – and all her friends who she drank with lost their jobs, prompting Abi to return home, moving from Canada and in with her parents in Berkshire. Abi Feltham has not touched a drop since 2000 (Image: SWNS) Back in her childhood room, initially, she kept drinking but she had a moment of realisation three weeks after her return while clearing six empty bottles of wine and beer hidden down the side of her bed. Abi went completely “cold turkey” for 18 months without any professional help and then sought professional help. Now she’s got a stable job, relationship and home and looks like a completely new person. Abi, a social media manager, from Richmond, London, said: “I would drink a lot. When it was at its worse I was going through a couple bottles of spirits a day. “I would drink from the moment I woke up to when I would pass out in the evening. “One day I was clearing up the bottles and I sat down at the end of my bed dropping the bag. It all hit me at once. I had a full circle moment where I felt like a mirror had been held up to my face. “Now, I have a stable, peaceful life that I love.” Abi Feltham spent many years living from payday to payday (Image: SWNS ) Growing up, Abi said alcohol was common within her family, and when she experienced bereavement, she would choose drinking over talking about her feelings. Abi left the UK to go backpacking aged 23. She was living “paycheck to paycheck”. She said: “All I was interested in was drinking alcohol. I was doing it for 10 years. I was working in bars where I was encouraged to drink in some cases. “While I was travelling, I met my ex-boyfriend in South East Asia and I thought my depression was cured – I fell in love.” Abi quit life on the road and moved to New York City. When she broke up with him she flew to Canada and fell in with the wrong crowd and started smoking crack. Her excessive drinking and now drug habit resulted in her losing her waitressing job. In 2020, after getting sacked from her job as a waitress, covid struck and Abi flew back to the UK to be with her family. One day Abi was clearing up the alcohol bottles and had a “moment of realisation” that her life needed to change. In April 2020, Abi gave up the booze without any professional help and has been sober ever since. Abi Feltham has found love, work and enjoys her life now sober (Image: SWNS) According to the UK Addiction Treatment Centres, the sudden absence of alcohol in the body can cause detox symptoms that can range from minor to symptoms that present a significant risk to your health. Abi said: “Physically it was very difficult – I was really sick to begin with. “I was very numb for a while. I was exhausted. I felt like I had run a marathon; the last 10 years of my life had been so full-on and traumatic. I now have a really stable peaceful life. I have a boyfriend and we have been together for a year. “We have a really healthy relationship which is the most normal thing – everything in my life is so peaceful. I have started massively working on my mental health. I go to therapy twice a week.”