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Geraldine Second year undergraduate at Portsmouth University

"Around a year ago, I was drinking almost every day. I also worked in an off-licence and drank there when I worked on Sundays, to avoid having to sober up after drinking sessions the night before. I did lots of things I really regret, like text messaging people that I shouldn't have, and sleeping with people I didn't know.

One night I was in a club, and a guy I'd just met was buying me drinks – which all seemed fun at the time. I've got a hazy recollection of the events, but after a while I felt uneasy – as if I needed to get away from him, and left and went to walk home, but the guy was still with me, walking with me, despite my protests that it wasn't necessary and I didn't want him with me. Regardless of this, he walked me as far as my house, so I started shouting and swearing at him to leave me alone, and even then he left reluctantly. It was a situation that could have gone either way, which really scared me.

After a long period of drunken episodes, a lot of people I knew lost respect for me and many of those that didn't already know me had no interest in changing that – just because I was always in a state.

I cringe about this now, when I think of some of the things I did and said to people, and the vulnerable situations I put myself in – but, I really liked being drunk. This is what scared me into halving my alcohol intake."

The guy was still with me, walking with me, despite my protests that it wasn't necessary and I didn't want him with me.

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