{"id":146986,"date":"2017-05-15T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/lou-sanders-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T11:33:17","slug":"lou-sanders-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/\/lou-sanders-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment that changed me &#8211; Lou Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section  class=\"container container--large article-container\">\n            <div class=\"article \">\n            <div class=\"article__sidebar\">\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section author\">\n                    <div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-200x194.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-50x48.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-100x97.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-200x194.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-400x387.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>                                            <\/div>\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Written By<\/span>\n                    <a class=\"u-text-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/\/lou-sanders-alcohol\/\" title=\"A moment that changed me &#8211; 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Lou Sanders<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                                    <p class=\"article__excerpt\">A moment that changed me: realising, aged 16, that I couldn\u2019t handle alcohol &#8211; Lou Sanders<\/p>\n                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-220x213.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons-440x426.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/31173049\/Lou_Sanders-by-ben-mallaby-copyright-free-wikicommons.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/\/lou-sanders-alcohol\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); 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We are so pleased that Allen Carr&#8217;s Easyway helped.<strong> <\/strong>\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\"><br><br>The story looks at the comedian\u2019s battles with alcohol from the age of 16 and the dawning realisation that, as she puts it: \u201cI had so much shame and guilt that I drank to forget it. Which is a bit like saying you crave exercise so much that you cut off your legs.\u201d<br><br><\/div>\n<a class=\"button red hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-drinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about &#8216;How to Quit Drinking&#8217; with Allen Carr&#8217;s Easyway<\/a><br><br><strong>#QuitAlcohol #StopDrinking #BeAddictionFree #AllenCarr<\/strong><br><br><em><strong>From the desk of John Dicey, Worldwide CEO &amp; Senior Facilitator, Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway<\/strong><\/em><br><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2017\/may\/12\/a-moment-that-changed-me-couldnt-handle-alcohol\">Read full article The Guardian<\/a><\/span><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"related-articles u-background-white article-related-articles\">\n                \n                            \n                \n        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