Working with people and being supported by people who have experienced addiction was a game changer. I wasn’t alone anymore.

I completely burnt my life to the ground, lost everything of real value, I don’t mean material stuff, I mean my family, and everything else I valued, this brought me to my rock-bottom.

To hide my drinking, I would stay up late and sleep in the spare room. I told myself it was OK because I was still a good provider for the family. When my partner became pregnant with our daughter, I decided to stop drinking. But I was kidding myself.

Andy Knox is a husband, a dad and a friend. He is also Associate Medical Director in the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB, a GP Partner at Ash Trees Surgery, Carnforth and our Chair of Trustee for The Well.