Richard Bacon has given his first interview since coming out of a medically-induced coma to the programme he used to present on BBC Radio 5 live.
Bacon spoke to Colin Paterson on the Afternoon Edition, which covers the same 1-4pm slot that Bacon fronted until 2014.
He has recently had a near-death experience after suffering an undiagnosed infection that resulted in him being put into a medically-induced coma for nine days.
And Bacon said he had since made the decision to give up alcohol as a way of regaining some control over his life.
He said: “I’ve decided to really, really embrace health from hereon in. I’ve always drunk too much, I’ve always drunk too quickly, so I’m giving up drinking altogether forever as a result of what happened to me.
“Because if I don’t affect some sort of really really positive change out of this, then it’s a giant waste of everyone’s time … So I’m using it to effect positive change.
