Undermined by her alcoholism, Elizabeth returned to rehab after cracking in the evening

Gauthier Delomez 17:41 p.m., March 21, 2023

>>Every evening in the Libre Antenne of Europe 1, listeners confide and testify. A difficulty, a bad pass or a moment of happiness, our Free antenna is above all yours. At the microphone of Yann Moix that evening, Elizabeth gives news of her alcohol problems. At 42, the listener recently returned to rehab because of another relapse.

A relapse during a party

"It's going moderately well. I relapsed two weeks ago, so I'm in treatment again. I don't see it as hell, you have to hold on, but it's true that it hasn't always been the case. It becomes long sometimes to see yourself fall, come back, relapse, come back ...", says Elizabeth, undermined by alcohol problems. In the Libre antenne - weekend of Europe 1, she explains that she does not take cachet in the face of her alcoholism.

While abstinent for six months, the listener evokes with Yann Moix to have relapsed "stupidly during a ballet in an evening". "I had a glass of wine there. It was social we will say, it had never happened, "blows Elizabeth, who says all the same to have "taken the lead". "I drank for three days, and then I directly asked to be interned. I was lucky because the deadlines in Belgium are shorter, and I was brought in right away."

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"We know that by having a drink, it will not be the last"

The listener concedes that relapse after a long time without drinking a drop of alcohol "is very frustrating". "We also know that if you have a drink, it won't be the last. I know that if I take one, I will take several, not that evening but in the days to come. And yet, I do not seek drunkenness, so to drink as little as possible, I cut my wine with water so as not to drink too much alcohol, "says Elizabeth. Aware that this does not reduce the amount of alcohol ingested, the listener says that it allows her to drink two drinks instead of four for example. It's just delaying the moment a little bit before going back to hospital," she says, fatalistic.

In treatment, Elizabeth wants to work on her bad habits with a psychologist. She explains: "At home, I can't hold back when I've relapsed, and I can't tell myself 'it doesn't matter, now I don't drink again.'"

Serious alcohol problems for ten years

It was around the age of 32 that the listener says she fell into the trap of alcohol. "It was a bottle from time to time, but it was quite livable. I knew how to go to work," she says, adding that "very young", she had also taken hard drugs (cocaine, LSD), precisely between the ages of 14 and 18. "I have a pathological terrain," admits the listener, mentioning however that she was not from a family facing alcoholism.

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The purpose of Elizabeth's appeal is to raise awareness of the problems around alcohol, "and to say that despite everything, in cure, I am not doing badly. Things are going well, it's progressing," she says, claiming to be able to count on her husband by her side. "I was able to go back today, it's all the more pleasant. And the news is still good: each cure is a small step towards the future, "says Elizabeth, who tries at all costs to get out of alcoholism.