Author Liz Fraser reveals she has found love again after writing best-selling memoir of ‘broken life’ with an alcoholic ex – in which she had vicious arguments and lost £25,000
An author and presenter who wrote a best-selling book about how her ex-partner’s alcoholism destroyed her ‘beautiful family’ has revealed she has found love again.
Liz Fraser, who lives in London, documented her former partner’s addiction in her 2021 memoir Coming Clean: a True Story of Love, Addiction and Recovery.her life completely broken, leaving her with ‘severe PTSD’.
This week, Domestic Violence UK ambassador Fraser revealed she is ‘happy’ after falling in love again.
She told her 21,300 followers on
The broadcaster shared a moving image of two coats hanging next to each other in a hallway: ‘AAfter two years of being alone, solo parenting, and recovering from abuse… I am now in a great relationship.”
She added, “I like this person a lot. And I feel SAFE with him. I’m happy.’
Broadcaster Liz Fraser pictured in a recent photo on her Instagram account; the author, who wrote a memoir in 2021 about her chaotic life with her alcoholic ex, better known as Mike, told her 21,300 followers on X this week that she has found happiness again with a new partner
In her memoirs, Fraser wrote how “at the height of his addiction, Mike was so saturated with alcohol and anxiety that he was barely able to think or function normally.”
She explained: ‘We had arguments whenever we saw each other and the arguments were sharp, vicious and worse every time; I was called ab***h, at**t, a saggy old gal and some of the words I don’t even know, but it’s fair to say they weren’t entirely complementary Fife-isms.
‘Objects were often thrown and kicked. I was told he hated me and ordered to get out of the way or he would hit me.
She estimated at the time that his addiction cost her around £25,000, including both the money she gave him and the financial costs she had to bear as a result of his drinking.
Happy: The author shared a simple image of two coats hanging in a hallway and said she was ‘in a beautiful relationship now’
Depicted in more unfortunate times; with her belongings and her young daughter in Venice when her previous relationship began to unravel
Fraser pictured in tears in 2021 during a video shared with her followers as she struggled to emerge from the mess of life with her former partner. Right: The best-selling book Fraser wrote in 2021
At the height of her trauma, she shared a video online saying she was “so damn lonely” as she celebrated her daughter’s fourth birthday alone.
She told her followers at the time: ‘I know it’s so stupid to record yourself crying and then share it on social media, but I’m a bit alone here.
“It’s my daughter’s fourth birthday tomorrow and I think especially as mothers, sorry fathers, it’s the anniversary of giving birth, which is a huge thing and I haven’t had a chance to really recover from that.”
This week’s news left many of her fans delighted, with one saying: ‘That’s great news.
‘We all deserve a safe and loving relationship. After what you’ve been through now, it’s time to finally feel safe.’
Another added: ‘Safe is all. Happy for you. I hope things continue to go well.’
Fraser wrote on her Instagram feed after seeing the comments: ‘Steady she goes. But fortunately. I love you all’.
Coming Clean: A True Story of Love, Addiction and Recovery by Liz Fraser is published by Bloomsbury Green Tea, £16.99