BeritaTREN.COM

A mother who drank vodka for breakfast and binged on five bottles of wine a day has been warned that one more drink could kill her.

Mother-of-two Vicky White, 35, has battled with the bottle for 22 years, after she began sinking cider at 13, drinking in a park with her schoolfriends.

But her alcohol addiction became so great that even though she has been hospitalised after her kidneys and liver failed, and her children begged her to stop drinking, the mother continued to down the drink.

Ravaged: Vicky White's addiction began when she started drinking heavily at just 13

The mother, from Liverpool, is now determined to break her habit and was filmed for a BBC Panorama 'Dying for a Drink' investigation, to show how alcohol has ravaged her body.

Vicky's teenage drinking habit continued until she was 21, when she fell pregnant with her son Jack and she was determined to stay sober.

But nine months after he was born Vicky thought she could drink moderately and her alcoholism spiralled out of control, costing her home and boyfriend, she told The People.

Her problem destroyed her relationship and in 2001 she ended up in a hostel, where she says the culture of drinking only encouraged her to consume more.

Four months after she had entered the hostel, she was given her own place - but her appetite for alcohol only increased and she greedily drank cider and vodka for breakfast.

Battle with the bottle: Vicky White has repeatedly tried to kick her habit and stay sober

By 2004 her son Jack had been forced to live with her parents and Vicki admits that the alcohol became an essential part of her day.

'In the morning I'd have a few drinks to make me feel normal. Most people have a cup of tea or coffee - I was on vodka and cider,' she told The People.

In 2005 Vicky had to go to hospital after her addiction meant she could barely walk and her kidneys and liver failed, causing her skin to turn yellow.

She said: 'I went to my mum's one day and just said "I think I'm dying".

'I'd turned yellow. I wasn't eating. I was a wreck.'

After a month she had recovered and went home, full of determination to stay sober.

She steered clear of the drink for four years, went on family holidays, started a new relationship and in 2007 gave birth to her daughter Mia.

Brink of death: The mother's organs failed and she turned yellow after her addiction spiralled out of control

Yet in 2009 Vicky succumbed again to her addiction, after attempting to drink sensibly with wine and quickly becoming reliant on it.

By April 2010, she was drinking five bottles a day and would start drinking at 7am and would not finish until 10pm.

Her son would plead with Vicky to quit, and she confessed to drinking even more to wash away the guilt she felt.

She said she struggled with conflicting emotions about her problem: 'There was a part of me telling me not to do it because I knew it was selfish. But there was another part of - the devil - saying "Do it, do it".'

After her skin turned yellow again and she had stopped eating, Vicky was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with liver failure and acute kidney failure by shocked doctors.

After spending two months in recovery, Vicky was given the stark warning that one more drink could kill her.

She is still fighting the devastating effects that alcohol has wreaked on her body.

After decades of abuse her liver and kidneys have been ruined and her body is still bloated with excess fluid.

She now firmly believes the government should outlaw cheap alcohol prices and and believes it is too cheap, too easily accessible and too widely advertised.

She also wants alcoholics to be given more help for them to overcome their battle with the bottle. dailymail.co.uk