Overview

• In a candid interview with The Times, the singer describes years as a "secret drinker" and says she waited to speak until she "had the language" to explain it.
• She recounts that her drinking worsened in her sixties after menopause, the deaths of her parents, and her son leaving home.
• Lulu characterizes addiction as a hereditary "family illness" and recalls witnessing domestic violence in her childhood.
• Press reports on the interview say she previously sought treatment in rehab and that she now reports feeling happier in recovery.
• The disclosure follows the launch of Lulu’s Mental Health Trust in May and precedes a forthcoming memoir that will discuss these experiences.