Blues singer Coughlan celebrates her ninth Christmas sober

BLUES singer Mary Coughlan is looking forward to celebrating her ninth Christmas sober.

Blues singer Coughlan celebrates her ninth Christmas sober

On Christmas Eve, 10 years ago, she was hooked up to various machines in hospital after drinking to excess.

“I had got locked as usual and the children decided they were not going to put up with me at Christmas in that state,” Mary recalled yesterday.

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