‘I did have a problem’: Radio host Maz Compton speaks candidly about her relationship with alcohol and reveals why she gave it up in 2015
In 2015, Maz Compton decided to give up alcohol and hasn’t touched it since.
Looking back on her drinking days, the radio host has opened up about her relationship with alcohol.
In a column for Sunday’s issue of Stellar Magazine, Maz explained that she wasn’t an ‘alcoholic’, but admitted that she ‘did have a problem’.
The past: Looking back on her drinking days, Maz Compton (pictured) has opened up about her relationship with alcohol
‘The truth is that I did have a problem. I wasn’t sure who I really was. Was I an alcoholic? No. But I wasn’t sober either,’ she wrote.
Like many, she admitted she would have a drink after a ‘good day’ or a ‘bad day’ or to ‘forget the pressures’ of her job.
Maz explained that drinking had become the ‘common denominator’ in her life making it difficult to escape, but, eventually she knew something had to change.
Candid: Like many, she admitted she would have a drink after a ‘good day’ or a ‘bad day’ or to ‘forget the pressures’ of her job
‘I set myself a challenge to spend the first month of 2015 without a drink – and haven’t had a drink since,’ she added.
‘I have never been more content, confident and clear.’
Following her experience, Maz went on to write The Social Rebellion, which outlines the first 31 days of her alcohol-free journey.
‘I have never been more content, confident and clear’: In 2015, Maz decided to give up alcohol and hasn’t touched it since
The book and accompanying e-course provides a guide on how to remove alcohol from your life altogether.
She also hopes to help women who have developed an unhealthy relationship with alcohol to move past it like herself.
‘What I now realise is that we all deserve so much more than a hangover and a vault of shame,’ she added.
Helping others: Following her experience, Maz went on to write The Social Rebellion, which outlines the first 31 days of her alcohol-free journey