A listener got in touch: 'My husband is a binge drinker shall we say or a functional alcoholic...during times of stress, his drinking gets very bad...For myself and the kids, it’s been a nightmare.' Ciara chats to Austin Prior,  Addiction Counsellor and former assistant director of the Rutland Centre and hears from listeners 

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