Susannah Constantine has revealed that she is an alcoholic.

The What Not To Put on star mentioned she has been in restoration for seven years following what she known as a “lightbulb second”.

Opening up on the My Mate Purchased A Toaster podcast, she mentioned: “It’s not one thing I’ve spoken about earlier than actually, but it surely’s essential. I’m in restoration, so I’m an alcoholic.

“I’ve been in restoration for almost seven years now.”

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Constantine, 58, mentioned she was truly relieved when she realised that she had an issue and that it was one thing she might repair.

“It was so liberating,” defined the previous Strictly star. “I felt a variety of disgrace more often than not.

“However once I realised that, the aid was so immense, as a result of I might change it.”

The TV presenter revealed that, previous to that, her husband Sten Bertelsen bore the brunt of it.

“As an addict, usually what you’d do, actually what I did, I’d put all my very own defects and discover another person to connect them to, so I assumed my husband was passive aggressive, however truly I used to be the one who was passive aggressive and that I’ve realised over time and being in restoration,” she mentioned.

“I used to be the terrible type of indignant passive aggressive and my poor husband was the one who needed to reside with it.”

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Mom-of-three Constantine discovered fame alongside fellow trend guru Trinny Woodall on noughties hit What Not To Put on.

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Woodall, 56, has beforehand spoken out about her personal struggles with substance abuse, beforehand revealing that she received sober on the age of 26.

She mentioned in 2009: “It’s in all probability a mix of rising up and taking issues from my upbringing that made me really feel insecure and the type of individual I already was once I was born…

“When you’re within the throes of dependancy I don’t assume it issues what the substance is.”

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