Vic: Hinch tells health forum decades of drinking now behind him
Posted: Sep 09, 2008 06:50:08
AAP General News (Australia)
09-02-2008
Vic: Hinch tells health forum decades of drinking now behind him
By Simon Mossman
MELBOURNE, Sept 2 AAP - Radio broadcaster and reformed alcoholic Derryn Hinch says
after decades of alcohol abuse nearly cost him his life, he would not drink again even
if he had a titanium liver.
The 64-year-old talk show host nearly died from blood poisoning in 2006 and last year
revealed he also had advanced cirrhosis brought on by a lifetime of boozing.
Reflecting on his past as a "professional drunk", Hinch - who underwent surgery last
year to remove a liver tumour - said binge drinking was one of society's worst problems.
