The Amazing Doctor Sober follows the story of Curtis, a youngster whose father has died and whose mother has turned to alcohol to help her cope with the grief.

'Losing it' on set

From that seed of inspiration the teenagers, under the tutelage of Lime, produced the pilot Losing It, which was then presented exclusively to a parliamentary meeting on teenage binge drinking at the House of Commons, funded by Alcohol Concern.

The acclaim this received led to The Amazing Doctor Sober, which will now be made available, along with a resource pack, to youth groups, organisations and schools that are seen to have vulnerable youngsters.

Kim Wiltshire, community arts project manager at Lime, commented: “I am really proud of all the young people who have been involved in both the Dr Sober and the Losing It projects; they’ve all worked so hard and been so committed and creative.

“To get recognition at a national level through the parliamentary conference and the invitation to No.10 is fantastic, and we’ve also had a lot of interest for the new Dr Sober packs from agencies in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.”

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