'Proudest of days!' Emmerdale legend reveals she is now 10 years sober
Emmerdale's Lisa Riley has shared a message on her social media confirming she has now been sober for 10 years.
The beloved star is best known for her role as Mandy Dingle in the ITV soap. Lisa is very active on X and Instagram, often posting snippets of her life away from Emmerdale.
Today, she shared a heartfelt post on both platforms that reveals she hasn't drunk alcohol for ten years.
On Instagram, Lisa wrote in the caption: 'This momentous day today marks a milestone, which I'm insanely proud of. I would never have believed if you had said this to me years ago…as I poured another glass of Malbec…I'm 10 years sober today!!!'
'My life is the clearest, happiest, it's precious to me, REALLY precious, to have the clarity, the real, the genuine, no BS, just real, from the moment I wake up, until i fall asleep at night.
'Now fair enough I might not be for everyone (and that's absolutely fine) but I'm enough for me, because I don't hide behind alcohol, I don't lie that I'm happy attending something I don't want to be at, and the biggest, is leaving somewhere because I'm ready to leave, not tolerating nonsense.
She added: 'I hid behind booze for so so so many years of my life, now I fly free, and I've never ever, ever felt better!!! Cheers everyone…….feels bloody ace!!!'
Last year, ahead of her celebrating 9 years sober, Lisa spoke to Ranvir Singh on Lorraine about her decision to cut alcohol from her life: 'I'm going to be nine years sober,' she said.
'I just stopped drinking for the good and better for me, I prefer me.
Ranvir asked: 'What was it for you if you don't mind me asking, that was like I don't want to do this anymore?'
Lisa replied: 'I was self medicating. I know that with alcohol. I wasn't sleeping because I lost my mum, and I wasn't coping very well.
'A bottle and a half two bottles of Malbec helped completely in those times, I never thought that I'd be here now and I love it.'
Lisa first rocked up on our screens as the feisty but loveable Mandy in 1995 before leaving the Dales six years later.
Thankfully she reprised her role in 2019 and has been on our screens ever since.
Mandy Dingle is married to Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt). They live at Tenants, and recently decided to let vulnerable homeless teenager Dylan Penders (Fred Kettle) stay with them.
Things got a bit awkward for Mandy though, as she walked into the house moments after Dylan had slept with his friend April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan).
April begged Mandy not to say anything to Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock), but that really didn't last long. Mandy told Marlon, and gently helped him come to terms with that he's been struggling to accept his little girl isn't so little anymore. More Trending
Elsewhere, Mandy's son Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) is in the middle of a storyline that's seen him try and come to terms with his sexuality.
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In the most recent development, Vinny invited a man called Mike over, who he met on online.
Vinny had told some private information to Mike, but he sadly wasn't the person Vinny thought he was. Mike attacked Vinny, demanded money from him, and then left.
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To explain his injuries and also hide the truth, Vinny told Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) that his friend Kammy Hadiq (Shebz Miah) was responsible.
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