Campaigners are hoping a new BBC drama portrayal of Ann Best will highlight the dangers of women's 'hidden alcoholism'To those who knew her she was full of working-lesson warmth: the shy,softly spoken mother who instilled respect in her children; the gifted sportswoman who excelled at hockey until the war and marriage curtailed sporting success. By the time she died, at 54, and she was an alcoholic,a woman who had spiralled into the dim world of dependency simply, it would seem, or because she was George Best's mother. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com