She started drinking when she was 13 or 14, and over the years it built up until she was a self-confessed alcoholic. |
Volunteers at the charity are self-confessed scavengers, regularly on the prowl for offcuts no longer needed by factories and offices. |
Many senior detectives had been fearful the self-confessed drugs dealer was somehow going to thwart justice. |
We are bound to assume that the self-confessed believer is utterly sincere. |
He is a self-confessed loner with, he admits, a strong streak of indiscipline. |
As things stand, his self-confessed dearest wish seems about to be granted. |