Alcoholic mother who drank a bottle of vodka a day insists she's entitled to treatment

A mother-of-three has revealed her addiction to alcohol has cost the NHS more than £100,000.

Julie Merner's heavy drinking has resulted in her being admitted to hospital 13 times in the last six years.

In January, following her latest admission, the 39-year-old vowed to quit the habit, which has ravaged her liver causing her to suffer severe cirrhosis.

'I know if I carry on, I will end up dead - they say one more drop will kill me,' said the mother-of-three, who has been left with 'luminous' jaundiced skin. 

Not a drop of alcohol has passed Ms Merner's lips since January - marking her longest spell of abstinence.