Overview

• The 76-year-old singer discussed her long struggle with alcohol during BBC Breakfast and ITV's This Morning as she promotes a new memoir.
• She said she has been sober for 12 years and decided to seek help after a candid admission at a family gathering around her 65th birthday in 2013.
• Lulu described herself as a highly functioning alcoholic who hid her drinking while continuing to work and keeping it from loved ones.
• She recounted entering rehab for six weeks and attending Alcoholics Anonymous frequently for years as key parts of her recovery.
• During This Morning she quoted an Elton John remark that included profanity, prompting an on-air apology from host Ben Shephard, and she apologised as well.