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Vicky Pattison: Living with an alcoholic parent
Reality TV star Vicky Pattison talks to 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake about her father鈥檚 relationship with alcohol, and how she tried to help him with his addiction.
It鈥檚 the subject of a documentary 鈥楢lcohol, My Dad and Me鈥�.
She says that as a result of her father鈥檚 addiction he 鈥渄idn鈥檛 know us that well, he didn鈥檛 see us in the jungle or follow my career much鈥�.
鈥淪ince doing the documentary, we鈥檝e become a lot closer, and we talk every day.鈥�
She says her dad was 35 when he 鈥渟tarted losing his battle with alcoholism鈥� and now she鈥檚 reached the same area, she thinks this documentary has backed up her fear that they were on a similar path.
This clip is from 5 Live鈥檚 Nihal Arthanayake on 2 August 2022.
