Christine Mulgrew
I'm not going back on the drink. I promised a lot of people, including myself, that I wouldn't. But when you've lived through as many tragedies as I have, it's difficult to remember the reason you stopped in the first place. My son's left home. And yeah, I'm lonely.
When most women are lonely, they go out and find a nice fella to keep them company. Not me. All I need is a nice bottle of red. Oh, God, you're doing it again, stop! Every time I think of it, I find myself walking towards the offfie, and walking down that dreadful isle.
How can something that's ruined your life still seem so appealing? One thing I hate is when people use the word "addicted" lightly. "Oh, I'm addicted to chocolate, hehe!" is one of the worst things to hear when you're walking down the school corridors.
Most people don't even know the meaning of the word. As a head teacher, you'd probably expect that my aims are to turn out doctors, or civilised members of society. No. My aim as head teacher of Waterloo Road is to make sure none of my pupils have to go through the same things I did.