York Magistrates Court A RECOVERING alcoholic has won a judge’s praise for the way she has fought her addiction and saved herself from jail. District judge Adrian Lower gave Caroline Diane Moynihan three months to reform herself when she pleaded guilty to spitting at a police officer and at a tiny child. He deferred sentence and promised her she would not be jailed if she tackled her drinking. When she returned to court, her solicitor Chris McGrogan described how she had completed the first three parts of a detoxification programme, was now attending five Zoom sessions a week for Narcotics Anonymous which helps those addicted to drink as well as drugs and was also working with a domestic and sexual abuse charity to tackle underlying issues in her life.