CELEBRITY Big Brother contestant Patsy Palmer is back on the booze having previously ditched alcohol following her wild partying in the Nineties.
The legend, 52, and even followed Alcoholics Anonymous’s 12 step plan, after admitting she started drinking at just eight-years-old.
Celebrity Big Brother star Patsy Palmer has revealed she no indulges in the off glass of wine
Pasty is best known for playing Bianca Jackson in EastEnders
The actress has been open about her partying in the 90s – seen here in 1996 with EastEnders co-star Martine McCutcheon
Patsy revealed she used to party into the early hours then go and film EastEnders – seen here with Danniella Westbrook in 199But speaking before she entered the house tonight, the actress has revealed her penchant for , admitting she previously thought she would never be able to touch again.
Asked if she still isn’t drinking, said: “No, occasionally I’ll have a glass of wine, it doesn’t bother me, with food.
“I don’t do anything rigid anymore.
“I went through many years of following certain programs, which I think are great, I’m not saying anyone should do this because I think all of the programs for people are amazing, but I haven’t followed anything for as long, I’ve just found my own way in life and it should be about that.
“It should give every single individual a way to live their life, hopefully, whether they decide to continue with it forever or whether they decide to go find their own way and do what they want to do, that should be the goal.
Patsy, who’ll be going into the house alongside the likes of , and , added: “There are some people I know who could never have a drop of alcohol ever again, I did think that would be the case for me because that’s what certain programs tell you, but I was never really a big drinker anyway.”;
Patsy admitted to attending all-night parties during her early days in EastEnders, binging on drink, as well as taking cocaine and ecstasy.
Speaking in 2010, she said: “Quite often, I’d party all night and go into work the next morning, just grabbing sleep on the set whenever I could. I don’t know how I survived.”;
But after becoming a mum and in 2000, she went sober and attended treatment programs in order to stay on the wagon.
with her husband and their three children which she says is vital to her well-being, as she couldn’t live anyway where “it gets dark at 3pm again.”;
It’s in America where her spiritual side has really blossomed.
So much so, she believes a factor behind , while her neighbours’ was torched, was because a local shop owner had loaned her two giant crystals which were placed inside during the inferno.
Patsy claims another big reason why she will remain across the pond is to escape people shouting out “Ricky!’ at her, a nod to her famous EastEnders screech at , played by Sid Owen.
Speaking to the We’re Not Getting Any Younger podcast, she added: “It does get to me. I could, but I don’t want to live here anymore and it is a lot for that reason.”;
Patsy is seen here in 1998 at the BAFTA TV Awards
