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Sean says he was so yellow people told him he looked like a Simpsons characterNeil Shaw<\/a> Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)<\/p>\n

09:46, 26 Feb 2026Updated 12:34, 26 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

I drank so much vodka and wine my skin turned yellow and my urine was black<\/p>\n

A man who was drinking so much vodka and wine at age 21 that he turned yellow and ‘looked like a Simpson’ says he is now sober and helping others quit alcohol. Sean Holland started drinking at the age of 18 and says beer helped him with his anxiety and panic disorder.<\/p>\n

By the time he was 21, Sean was downing beer first thing in the morning while working as a landscaper and would get ‘the shakes’ if he didn’t drink. The 27-year-old then moved on to wine and spirits, drinking half a pint of vodka for breakfast and downing six bottles of wine during the day.<\/p>\n

Sean, who spent \u00a355 on booze every day, said he was violent when drunk and went to prison three times between August 2023 and October 2024 for drink-related charges. It was on his birthday in March 2025 that he decided he was ‘done’ with drinking after waking up in a hotel room strewn with empty booze bottles after a failed suicide attempt.<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Sean can never drink again (Kennedy News and Media)<\/p>\n

But going cold turkey triggered a seizure that saw Sean blue-lighted to hospital after being found by his horrified parents. Doctors found Sean was suffering from liver hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, kidney damage, an inflamed spleen and pancreatitis.<\/p>\n

Sean’s urine turned black and his entire body turned yellow for three months – with people saying he looked like one of the Simpsons. After being discharged from hospital, Sean spent two months in rehab and has now been clean for 11 months.<\/p>\n

Now Sean works with people struggling with alcoholism and wants to encourage people that there is ‘always light at the end of the tunnel’. Sean, from Epping, Essex, said: “It started off with beer and then wine and then went to hardcore spirits.<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Sean drank up to three litres of vodka a day (Kennedy News and Media)<\/p>\n

“It took control over my whole body. It helped my anxiety, it gave me a confidence I never had before. From the age of 21 I used to get the alcohol shakes and when I was at work, I used to have a beer or two. I was hiding it but don’t know how I got away with it.<\/p>\n

“From 23 I was drinking first thing in the morning. I’d either down half a pint of vodka or two or three beers before I could even function. From 24, I was going through about six bottles of wine a day, [as] beer didn’t do anything for me anymore.<\/p>\n

“After that the wine didn’t do much, by the age of 25 I realised spirits were my absolute favourite. I used to drink a bottle of vodka from 5am till 11am just so I don’t throw up or have a fit or a seizure.<\/p>\n

“By March last year I was drinking two to three litres of straight vodka a day.”<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Sean has hepatitis (Kennedy News and Media)<\/p>\n

Sean booked into a hotel room in a bid to end his life in March 2025, but then got a ‘random’ wake-up call to quit the booze. Sean said: “I was staying at a hotel and I tried to do the unthinkable and not wake up the next day.<\/p>\n

“I passed out that night and woke up on the 20 March and I still to this day do not know what came over me. All I know is I was done with it all. I thought ‘right, I can’t do this anymore’, it was a random wake-up call.<\/p>\n

“My parents came into my hotel room, I think it was my birthday, and they found me on the floor with my door wide open having a seizure. They forced me into an ambulance. They found out that at the age of 27 I had liver hepatitis, inflamed spleen, cirrhosis of the liver, kidney damage and pancreatitis.<\/p>\n

“I got pumped up with every single drug you can think of. The scar on my liver can never be healed and it’s very fatty.”<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Sean was told he looked like a Simpsons character (Kennedy News and Media)<\/p>\n

During his hospital stay Sean said his urine turned into a ‘black bloody colour’ and he turned yellow ‘from head to toe’. Sean said: “I was yellow all over from head to toe, my organs were shutting down on me. My urine was a black bloody colour. I still don’t know how I’m still alive.<\/p>\n

“I saw the yellow in my eye to begin with but didn’t care. A fter four days in the hospital I went completely yellow, you couldn’t see any white in my eyes.<\/p>\n

“I was yellow for a good three months. It took about three months until my eyes were back to a normal colour. Everyone was looking at me and calling me Simpsons’ characters but I just laughed it off. I hit rock bottom so hard I couldn’t care any more. “<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

Sean drank vodka, wine and beer (Kennedy News and Media)<\/p>\n

Now, Sean works with people struggling with alcoholism to show that positive change can happen. Sean said: “There will always be a light at the end of the tunnel no matter what you think. If I can push through it, anyone can. My life has changed in ways I can’t even explain. I got my family back, a steady income, and friends who are good for me.”<\/p>\n

If you’re struggling and need to talk, the Samaritans operate a free helpline open 24\/7 on 116 123. Alternatively, you can email jo@samaritans.org<\/a> or visit their site to find your local branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean says he was so yellow people told him he looked like a Simpsons characterNeil Shaw Assistant Editor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[235,35794,59,102,2196,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-448942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-alcohol","tag-alcoholism","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-hospitals","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}