fluid. During the 12-hour procedure I died twice and had to be resuscitated. Doctors told my mum there was nothing more they could do for me. Incredibly, I survived and was transferred to a respite home. I was painfully thin, incontinent and so out of it that it was like being in the twilight zone. Thankfully, tests showed I hadn't got alcoholic dementia and I recovered enough to go into treatment for my addiction. I was there for six months, and my progress was amazing. They told me I was a walking miracle. But I've been left with a lot of guilt. I regret putting my family through this, especially Mum, but I feel optimistic about the future. I have a new life and I don't want to waste a single minute of it. Jenny Adams, 37, narrowly avoided a custodial sentence after failing a police breath test. She was fined 2,000 and banned from driving for three years. After a long-term relationship ended, I felt lonely. I started drinking to take the edge off my sadness and within a year I was getting through two bottles of wine at a time. But I didn't see it as a problem. Alcohol made me happy, and I wasn't hurting anyone. But my drinking was noticeable. A neighbour who used to come round for a drink on a Friday night commented on how I'd always drunk half a bottle before she'd arrived, and I found out that my sister suspected I was