A man who struggled with alcohol all his life, drank two litres of spirits and eight beers every weekend has quit the booze and is now becoming a personal trainer.
Kevin Lamb, 47, started bingeing on cheap cider when he just 19 before moving on to vodka and other spirits.
He piled pounds with weight ballooning to 217lbs.
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But he finally decided to quit the booze after he collapsed in pain and ended up in hospital for 12 days and doctors warned he would kill himself if he did not stop.
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And to cap it all Kevin, who has shed four stone, is studying to be a personal trainer.
He said: “The worst thing was when I was sitting there on a Thursday and Friday drinking whiskey until 5am.”
“I was told I was high stroke/ heart attack risk due to high cholesterol/triglycerides and I could develop chronic pancreatitis which is a life changing and threatening condition if I carried on in that state.”
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In September, 2018, Kevin was travelling up to Glasgow, Scotland, for a job then he experienced stomach pain and his stomach bloated to double his size.
He went to Kirkcaldy Hospital, where he was put on morphine for 12 days – to try and stop the pain.
Kevin said: “It felt like someone was sticking a knife in me and I used to get major flashbacks from those 12 days in hospital.”
Kevin then had an MRI scan at The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, every six months and monthly blood tests – to just observe and monitor your heart and to make sure all the levels had gone down.
He then took it upon himself to stop drinking in January, 2023, and lost four stone in five months.
(Image: Kevin Lamb / SWNS)
Kevin Lamb, a health and safety manager, from Whitehaven, Cumbria said: “I came out of Covid, and I’d be sat there looking at a wall and four hours had gone.
“I didn’t want to get out of bed, and I had no motivation.
“The worst thing was when I was sitting there on a Thursday and Friday drinking whiskey until 5am.
“I’d get home on Thursday night, and I would have a bottle of whiskey, vodka, have eight cans. I got to work on Monday morning, and I was only thinking about drinking on Thursday night.”
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