F1 legend’s daughter spills the beans on her sudden homelessness, claims ‘It was like falling out of an Ivory tower’

Christianne Ireland's father was won one grand prix with four podiums during his F1 career.

F1 legend’s daughter spills the beans on her sudden homelessness, claims ‘It was like falling out of an Ivory tower’

Innes Ireland and Christianne Ireland (Credits: BBC)

Christianne Ireland, the daughter of F1 legend, Innes Ireland and was brought up in immense luxury. She was used to spending her days around cars and meeting world-champion drivers like Stirling Moss and Graham Hill regularly. But things took a wrong turn for her in 2016.

Out of nowhere, Christianne Ireland found herself homeless with a serious alcohol addiction. Most people go from rags to riches, but in her case, the story was completely different. Christianne went from having a luxurious lifestyle to barely managing to meet ends to survive.

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After some time, she managed to turn around her life, and recently she has opened up about her life experiences with BBC. Ireland while shedding light on how she felt when she found herself homeless all of a sudden, said;

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It was like falling out of an ivory tower.

Looking at the reaction, it is quite clear that she had a hard time wrapping her head around how her life changed all of a sudden. From having Aston Martin’s and traveling the world to ending up with one suitcase outside a homeless shelter in Andover, Hampshire, was a huge change for her.

Christianne Ireland’s take on her alcohol addiction

While during her bad phase in life, Christianne Ireland was dealing with homeless issues, as mentioned earlier, this was not the only problem she was dealing with. Her alcohol addiction was getting worse with each passing day and her overall health was taking a massive hit.

Christianne Ireland (Credits: BBC)
Christianne Ireland (Credits: BBC)

Ireland added;

The main part of my day was making sure I didn't go and have a drink because once that started all hell would be let loose. On the days it was really bad and I wanted to go out and pick up a drink all I had to do was put one foot in front of the other and get to the allotment.

Christianne Ireland, now 65, is working as a support manager for Unity and helps oversee a food pantry project. Her life experiences have taught her that it’s never too late to make a positive change and she now encourages people to take up volunteering as a New Year’s resolution.

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