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EastEnders' legend Jill Halfpenny opens up about secret battle with alcoholism
vely shared her private struggle with alcoholism. The 48 year old star, who played Kate Mitchell on the BBC soap, has been living a life of sobriety for over ten years, but she's now revealing the challenges she faced with alcohol in the past, particularly as she grappled with the grief of losing her father at the tender age of four.
In her heartfelt new memoir A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss, Jill reflects: "I began to see that I became a different person when I drank and I didn't always like who I became." Jill played Kate Mitchell on the soap (Image: BBC) Read MoreRelated Articles EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy fumes as 'private conversation' leaked on Loose Women Jill recently confessed on The One Show that she's found love again after her partner, Matt Janes, passed away from a fatal heart attack in 2017.
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