WASITO BLAME FOR MY ADDICT DAUGHTER?

One of the many dramas Trisha has had to cope with is her daughter Billie’s battle with addiction, which began when her mother was, in Billie’s words, ‘off solving everyone else’s problems’.

She first drank alcohol at the age of 12, got hooked on painkillers and tried to kill herself at 16. In the years that followed she binged on booze and drugs while racking up £25,000 in debts. Finally she embarked on therapy and now works in PR.

‘I was working up to 70 hours a week, paying the mortgage and school fees,’ says Trisha. ‘I had stretched myself too thinly. I had no idea that Billie had started abusing drink at around 14. I’ve since apologised to her for not being there for her when she needed me.’