Hello You 75: Mummy Wine Culture

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Hello You 75: Mummy Wine Culture

'It's the only drug where you have to explain why you don't do it'

Jim Hawkins

Dec 06, 2024

Transcript

Kate Taylor as been on a remarkable life journey, from London ladette to Shropshire-based sobriety influencer. That journey’s taken her to some very interesting places: New York, Italy, Costa Rica … a heroin den in Tottenham …

‘I used girl-power as an excuse to get hammered’

We’ve all had nights where things have got a little out of control. Not many of us have woken up in a different country to the one we started drinking in.

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Kate’s not an alcoholic, she told me, just a social drinker who drank too much, too often and for too much of her life.

‘I don’t think I had a lot of self-respect’

But almost three years ago, all that turned around in one single day. Kate tells me how and why in this episode of Hello You.

‘The way I care about myself has massively changed, and I never really knew I was missing that’

I’m really grateful to Kate Taylor for sharing her story with me … and with you. Both she and I would like to know what you think.

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Hello You with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life.

I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say.

It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion.

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