Denise Welch confesses using alcohol to deal with ‘mental breakdown’

Denise Welch has confessed to once using alcohol as a coping mechanism following a 'mental breakdown' [Wenn]The 58-year-old former Coronation Street actress has been frank about her mental health and struggles with depression in the past.Describing it as “the terrible blackness,” she told how her last episode came two months ago and lasted for three days.She said: ”I no longer compound my illness with alcohol - I won that battle five years ago - but I still have ...