FOR LOVE AGAIN AFTER SPLIT
rock. My dad has Alzheimer’s and I was reminding him of where we were, why we were there and I suddenly just had this huge feeling of loss and I cried, and I cried, and I cried.
“I drove to my friend’s house and she said ‘ We are going to do an art class,’ and I just burst into tears again.
“I said ‘I’m so sorry Emma but I am going to cry every five minutes we are together because I cannot stop, it is like a tsunami’.
“Then that evening I was really laughing, it was like I unlocked something and let it all go.
“I thought I’m around people who make me feel so safe that is all right to one minute be crying and the next minute be laughing. Love is feeling safe enough with your people.”
Despite her new s ingle status, recovering alcoholic and drug addict Davina is “very happy in my own company”.
She added: “It’s taken me a long time to get here, gett ing older, happier in my own skin. I’ve learnt a lot from recovery.
“The bad times aren’t as dark as the time you spent using. The peaks and troughs are enjoyable – that is part of the
l ife coaster.
“Age brings you lots of things but it does seem to bring g a level of self knowledge which helps you be more comfortable in your own skin.” halina.watts@
mirror.co.uk
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I’ve never felt depressed and I work out a lot for the way it makes me feel mentally
TV HOST DAVINA ON COPING AND SADNESS AT LOSING PALS