Recovering alcoholic reveals the one specific behavior she noticed that helped her realize she had a problem

Warning: This article contains discussion of alcoholism which some readers may find distressing.

A recovering alcoholic recalled the one behaviour that made her understand that she had a problem with her drinking.

Avery Schlereth, a TV personality who'd previously appeared on the Travis Kelce dating show, Catching Kelce, opened up about her experience with alcohol in the latest episode of Rise Above with Kevin Lanning podcast, following two years of sobriety.

She revealed that during the height of her addiction, she was drinking two bottles of wine a night, as well as discussing her struggles with mental health, which she says 'wasn't really talked about' when she was a kid.

The TV star said that she was scared that 'everyone who left my sight was gonna die', but received help from a childhood therapist, which she said 'helped her a lot'.

"But then as I got older, you know, we'd like go out, and we drink, and the drinking didn't get really bad until probably Covid," she said.

However, Avery said that when she stopped drinking, she found herself 'looking forward' to the next instance where she could have a drink.

Avery Schlereth candidly detailed her struggles with alcoholism (Instagram/@averyschlereth)

"I couldn't stop drinking once I started", she said. "And I was like, okay, maybe let's take a few days off.

"Then I started to notice that I was looking forward to it so much. Like any type of work event or scheduling a lunch with a friend, I was always trying to have a drink somewhere. But then it just turned into me getting obliterated at night."

Avery, who is now a weight loss coach, also went on to talk about a previous relationship where her partner had also ended up being concerned about how much she was drinking.

"He would get frustrated with me because he's trying to work a job and I'm wanting to get wasted every night," she said. "He was like you drink a lot, maybe we should take a break and I worry about you. I'm like 'what are you worried about it's fine, we're just having fun nobody cares'."

Avery already noticed some signs, but recalled during the last year that she was drinking that things seemed to escalate.

"The last year of my drinking I started to notice that I couldn't stop once I started but then if I had nothing to do that day and I had wine left over, I would just drink it when I woke up," she said.

"I was always waking up drunk because of how much I was drinking the night before."

She said that during her first year of sobriety, she said that she was a 'fearful person', which may have led her to drink so much, adding: "I wasn't afraid when I was drinking. I was having the time of my life."

Now two years sober, Avery said she is 'so committed to working out, eating healthy, and my program that I don't want to drink', and she now feels 'comfortable' being around alcohol because she is so 'solid'.

If you've been affected by addiction and want to speak to someone in confidence, you can call American Addiction Centers on (888) 324-0595, available 24/7, or contact them through their website.