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    Quote Originally Posted by tammyy2j View Post
    Is Diazepam a painkiller, I thought it was for anixety and stress?
    Yes, you're quite right.

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    Coronation Street star James Burrows explains Ali Neeson's big new story

    "He has been struggling and fighting these demons."

    Coronation Street star James Burrows has spoken about Ali Neeson's dark new storyline for the first time.

    Next week's episodes confirm that Ali has become addicted to diazepam, with his issues dating back to his involvement in Ronan Truman's death last year.

    Ali has been taking pills for some time, but he panics when his secret supplier at the hospital is arrested – forcing him to consider desperate measures for his next fix.

    Explaining the new plot, James revealed: "Ali has been struggling and fighting these demons in his head for a while now, ever since the Ronan thing happened. He finds it difficult to talk to anyone, so he starts to self-medicate.

    "Ali is very independent and private – he internalises a lot. He doesn't have a lot of people he can trust. The flashbacks are making him anxious and he needs to relax to try and get through every day, so he starts taking different tablets to try and cope with his demons and to be able to do his job.

    "Before you know it, he realises that he has become addicted. No-one has noticed. Because of his job, he has been able to play that card of being tired because of his long shifts. He has been able to get away with it up until now, it has been going on for a while."

    In his desperation, Ali goes to Dr Gaddas and begs her for a diazepam prescription, but goes away empty-handed after arousing her suspicions. He also considers stealing Carla Connor's anxiety medication.

    James continued: "Going to see Dr Gaddas is probably not one of his best moves. He tries to say that he needs diazepam because he is not sleeping because of work, but she has suspected him in the past so she does not believe him.

    "She refuses and he storms out. She recognises his behaviour for what it is. He has definitely not gone to the right person if he thinks he can pull the wool over her eyes.

    "Trying to steal Carla's medication is a last resort for him. He tries to take them but Roy gets in the way. This is how desperate he has got – if Roy hadn't got in the way, he would have stolen Carla's meds.

    "So he asks Ryan. He opens up to him a bit and says he needs him to go and score some drugs for him. He knows that Ryan knows the right sort of people and could help him."

    Events come to a head when Ali collapses and suffers a seizure. With help from Ryan Connor – and later Robert Preston – he agrees that it's best to go cold turkey.

    James revealed: "Ali is in withdrawal and probably has been for a few days. He is found having a seizure on the floor by Ryan, which is really scary and a flashback for Ryan to the time Cormac died.

    "It was very intense to film these scenes. You really want to go for it. If you are doing something like that, you want to do it well. You know that some people watching it will have been through it themselves or witnessed a loved one going through it.

    "It was very physical, because you have to be very stiff but shaking. I was banging my head on the floor. Your body thinks it is actually happening. However much your brain knows it is acting, the physicality is powerful. It does make your heart race.

    "Ryan contacts Robert and gets him involved, because Ali sends the paramedics away and Ryan can't deal with this situation on his own. Ali knows that he has to go cold turkey.

    "Robert and Ryan decide that the only way is for them to help him. He needs their help – he has no other choice at this stage. He has always had a nice relationship with Robert so he feels he can trust him."

    Coronation Street continues on Monday (September 9) at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.



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    did he move out of the pub, into a flat alone where?

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    Quote Originally Posted by parkerman View Post
    Yes, you're quite right.
    it also treats fits but ali got a fit from withdrawal

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    Coronation Street has released a picture from this week's filming and it's quite the exciting one, which makes a change from the usual four pictures of people standing around looking miserable.

    In this picture, we see Gary Windass and Ali Neeson have a bit of a scrap, and it looks like the latter has got the upper hand since he's on top and Gary is bleeding quite badly.





    What could they be fighting over? We don't know at this point but we wouldn't be surprised if it was something to do with Maria Connor.

    We already know that Gary and Maria's relationship is going to come under strain and seemingly end when she tragically miscarries, and Gary takes his fury out on Daniel Osbourne (whose baby Bertie contracted measles and passed it onto Maria).

    Maria actress Samia Longchambon also admitted that her character still has feelings for her ex Ali, and has been trying to bury them for the sake of her relationship with Gary.

    Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.


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    Thanks, Perdy, though I have to admit using the words Ali Neeson and exciting in the same post does stretch the imagination a bit!

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    killed off by gary or overdose, or off to see his forgotten parents

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    Quote Originally Posted by lizann View Post
    killed off by gary or overdose, or off to see his forgotten parents
    Not being killed off, could pop back to visit Ryan ever so often... no loss in my opinion, no decent storylines lately for him

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    Quote Originally Posted by Perdita View Post
    At last yayyyyyyyy

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