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Victoria Derbyshire: 10/06/2014

10/06/2014

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Tributes to a friend of our programme; recovering alcoholic 'Rachel' who died in her sleep

Tributes to a friend of our programme - recovering alcoholic 'Rachel' who died in her sleep. Callers tell how she inspired them to stop drinking.

Throughout the programme, we pay tribute to "Rachel" - a friend of this programme, and an alcoholic in recovery. Rachel died several weeks ago. Her family wanted time to grieve privately but have now given us permission to share what happened. Before Easter, she began drinking again, briefly, before stopping. Just under 48 hours later, 'Rachel' died in her sleep. We hear moving stories from our callers who were inspired to stop drinking after listening to Rachel's story. Plus we hear from the father of a British boy who has finally escaped the civil war in Syria.

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