Network news anchor Laurie Dhue revealed in March that she had been a closet alcoholic for a decade.

“When people look at me they say, ‘You don’t look like an alcoholic. How could you have these types of problems?’ But outward appearances are deceiving and they certainly were in my case,” she told CBN News. “From the outside, I had it all. I had a great job at Fox News. I had more friends than I can count. A loving family. None of that mattered.

“Because inside I was a shell of a person. I had low self-esteem. That’s why I turned to alcohol. It seemed to make me happier. But as the years went on and my problem didn’t get better, it actually got worse. I had to look at myself and see what it was that I felt so bad about that I had to cover with alcohol.”

“I drank to make myself more interesting to other people,” she continued. “And I drank to make other people more interesting to me. When the truth of the matter is, I was very interesting the way I was, and alcohol wasn’t doing me any favors. When I realized that, I was ready to get sober, because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I got down on my knees and begged God for help on the morning of March 14, 2007. I said, ‘I cannot do this. God help me,’ and that’s when I knew the fight was over.

“My faith played an enormous role in my sobriety. I would not be where I am, which is four years sober — four years without a drink — without God’s help.”