
Alcoholic AA Gill told 'you won't see Christmas'
Recovering alcoholic AA Gill was told by his doctor that if he did not stop drinking 'you won't see Christmas', the writer told the programme.
Gill and former editor of The Sun David Yelland discussed their experience of alcoholism ahead of a Channel 5 documentary My Name Is... And I'm an Alcoholic, in which Yelland features.
"I went in at Easter and I had a doctor who came up and said 'I hope you've stopped drinking because if you haven't you won't see Christmas'," Gill said.
"The same for me", said Yelland. "Most people can drink. About 5% of people can't."
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