He said his latest problems started in Dubai last summer when he started drinking alcohol again after 17 months "dry".

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He said he started drinking heavily after winning his court case against the assault allegations, a period he endured by taking tranquillisers.

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He started drinking a lot.

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He had started drinking at around 10.15am on the Saturday of the match.

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Eventually, he succumbed and started drinking heavily again, a situation which came to public attention at the Northampton charity event when he broke down sobbing on stage.

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His father was murdered when he was eight months old, his mother started drinking not long after.

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Stephen Ngo, a civil defense attorney, quit drinking soda a year ago when he started running triathlons, and wanted a healthier way to quench his thirst.

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Gascoigne's drinking problems started during his playing days - he was admitted to the Priory Hospital, near Southampton, in 1998, shortly after his divorce from wife Sheryl.

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He added that he had tasted alcohol for the first time about a year ago, and had started drinking several nights a week to relieve stress.

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On that day he went to the house in Rossington Road to collect his clothes and they all started talking and drinking.

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"But it beggars belief that that you started drinking knowing that you were taking a coach with passengers back from Liverpool to Penley, " he said.

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