Republic of Ireland star Clare Shine has opened up on her mental health battle as she revealed she is now over a year sober.
The Glasgow City FC and Ireland striker was last week appointed the Scottish club's Mental Health Ambassador and the first project coordinator of its charity, Glasgow City Foundation.
And opening up about her mental health growing up on a United To Prevent Suicide video, Shine spoke about her struggles after a close friend passed away when she was a teenager.
Shine bravely spoke about her battle with alcohol and suicidal thoughts, which led to her attempting to take her own life last year.
However, after receiving the support she needed she has described how her entire lifestyle has changed as she continues to recover.
She said: "Every aspect of my life in the last year has changed.
"Between football and life outside football - my relationships with my family and friends - my everyday lifestyle has changed.
"I was doing so well since 2018, I tried to take my own life in 2018, I was very heavily into drinking and at the time I wasn't playing football or anything.
"I went through a lifestyle change then and for a year and a half I was in a really good place, everything was going really well, and I just found myself dipping."
She added: "I thought exercise, eating right, a routine and a structure was something that could get me by and could help me, but as that went on it became more like a chore.
"It wasn't that I was enjoying my life, it was that I had to do this and do that, otherwise I was going to slip.
"Now I have such a good balance within my lifestyle that if I am up late it's okay, if I've had six or seven hours (sleep) I'm not going to beat myself up or let it ruin my day.
"I think that's been a massive thing for me - letting it go and going with the flow - taking each day as it comes.
"The last year has been life changing for good and for bad because there has been some things I've been struggling with.
"I'm still learning, it's all a learning curve for me. It's been good, I'm very happy now and I'm in a really good place."
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