"I never wanted to be an alcoholic... I wasn't living, I was just waking up to drink. Didn't care what I looked like, bills were not getting paid..." Newry mother of six Martine Marron talking to our reporter @nweir1 on her struggle with alcohol addiction

Dry January - it's become a thing in recent years when many give up the booze after - overindulgence - over the festive period.

But for one Newry mother of six, 2018 will be the first year of a life alcohol free.

43 year old Martine Marron reached rock bottom last year when 25 years of casual drinking spiralled out of control.

Martine spoke to our reporter, Nicola Weir, and told her that she would never have labelled herself an alcoholic until the day that changed her life forever.