Warning women's empowerment ties in normalising dangerous drinking

Melanie Whelan
Updated November 18 2019 - 6:52pm, first published 6:00pm
DETERMINATION: Holly Baker says giving up alcohol brings all shades of colour back in her life as she chooses to experience everything "full-on". Picture: Brendan McCarthy
DETERMINATION: Holly Baker says giving up alcohol brings all shades of colour back in her life as she chooses to experience everything "full-on". Picture: Brendan McCarthy

Choosing to live in full colour: Holly Baker's turning point to give up drinking hit hard

THERE came a point for Holly Baker in her bedroom one night when she reached what she calls the cross-roads and she could only see two stark choices: kill herself or do something different. The latter choice was tough to swallow for Holly, who says it is difficult to admit your way of doing things was not working.

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Melanie Whelan

Melanie Whelan

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