Eddery’s daughter Natasha has now revealed the full extent of her father’s battle with alcoholism and how the ‘demon drink’ ended his life.
In a lengthy Instagram post Natasha revealed that she hadn’t seen her father in five years after he began drinking straight away after a sting in rehab.
‘It’s been five years since I last saw (sic), we stayed In touch and spoke on the phone, I never missed a birthday etc and not a day went by when I didn’t think about him. The last time I saw him face to face was when I brought him home from rehab and he drank straight away. I turned to him and said “dad if you choose to drink over health and family, I can’t be part of that life for you.” Sadly his addiction was too strong and he couldn’t overcome it.’
‘I was so proud and still am so proud to be his daughter, he was an amazing jockey, father and husband, but in the end he was taken over by a terrible disease. I don’t think of that man, the alcoholic, he wasn’t my dad. My dad was kind, sweet, emotional and, while he never said much, I know he loved us all very much.’
