A mother-of-two drank herself to death after downing 330 units of alcohol a week, including vodka for breakfast and five bottles of wine a day. Vicky White's family have just experienced the agony of their first Christmas without her, after she died in July. The 38-year-old succumbed to liver failure following a 25-year battle with her addiction. And for her partner Steve Hough, alcohol was a stark reminder of a missing face at the Christmas dinner table this year. Now her children, Jack, 17 and Mia, who celebrated her seventh birthday three days before her Ms White's death, must grow up missing their mother.
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Vicky White died of liver failure in July after 25-year alcohol addiction
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38-year-old had featured on BBC's Panorama programme before her death, highlighting the horrific dangers of excessive drinking
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Her partner, Steve Hough, wants her story to act as a stark message to those battling addiction to seek help
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Children, Jack, 17, and Mia, 7, have just faced first Christmas without her
'When she wasn't drinking, she became such a good mum,' Mr Hough said: 'She loved walking @placeholder to school.