birthday celebration girl, 27, who felt 'suicidal' after nights consuming until 5am exhibits her 'life became saved' when she transformed to Islam and selected to throw away racy clothing, eradicate her ...

birthday celebration lady, 27, who felt 'suicidal' after nights drinking except 5am reveals her 'life changed into saved' when she transformed to Islam and chose to throw away racy clothing, remove her false nails and delete saucy social media snaps

Persephone Rizvi, from Huddersfield, converted to Islam seven years ago 

earlier than converting she spent weekends ingesting alcohol and staying up except 5am

Remembers 'moving into fights with girls and having cigarettes flicked  at her' 

Partying way of life left her in a 'darkish place' and says she reflected suicide 

by Monica Greep For Mailonline

posted: sixteen:47, 19 November 2021 | updated: 17:41, 19 November 2021

A former party lady has revealed how converting to Islam 'bettered her character' and saved her from a 'darkish place' after her hedonistic way of life left her feeling suicidal. 

Persephone Rizvi, 27, from Huddersfield, advised how she used to spend her weekends stepping into fights, consuming unless 5am and waking up with a hangover earlier than changing to Islam seven years in the past. 

speakme on BBC Three documentary This girl's modified, Persephone, who now wears a hijab, said everything from her trend experience to the style she acts has modified because of finding Islam. 

Persephone Rizvi, 27, from Huddersfield, spent her weekends stepping into fights and consuming until 5am earlier than converting to Islam seven years ago. Pictured, during her partying days

speakme on BBC Three documentary This woman's changed, Persephone, who now wears a hijab, talked about every little thing from her fashion sense to the way she acts has changed because of discovering Islam. Ex-party addict has shocking transformation after embracing Islam 

'even if it changed into the phrases I used or the perspective, I had a huge ego', she admitted. 'Islam has bettered me in terms of my character, the style I communicate to americans. I don't backbite and gossip, all these items Islam has taught me.'

Persephone described how her weekends was a blur of events with friends. 

'In my peak party existence a weekend would have began for me with "Whose concept are we the usage of, what outfit am I wearing, what's my fit going to be, what heels am I going to wear",' she stated.

'Then it could be pre-drinks, then it would be "who is taking us to town?" literally the party would not stop until four or 5am in the club and then it will be a condominium birthday party and waking up in the morning with a hangover and that changed into literally my weekend.' 

She recalled one occasion when she changed into 'actually under the influence of alcohol lying naked on the kitchen floor' and noted 'i can now not do that, here's now not what's meant for me'. 

After discovering Islam, Persephone threw away luggage of her clothes she no longer felt were applicable, removed her false nails, modified her identify on facebook and deleted all her racy images (pictured L-R, Persephone before changing to Islam) 

As a young lady, Persephone would spend her time partying with a blended community of chums, consuming alcohol and staying up except the early hours of the morning

Persephone referred to she 'in fact wasn't scared of consideration' earlier than changing to Islam, but that fitting a Muslim has modified her personality for the enhanced. She is pictured partying before converting to Islam

Persephone mentioned changing to Islam 'bettered her character' and saved her from a 'dark location' after her severe lifestyle left her suicidal

Persephone, viewed praying, pointed out she credits Islam with saving her life and giving her intention

At one element within the programme Persephone returned to a park where she had prior to now tried to conclusion her life. 

'I didn't even see it coming,' she referred to. 'once I [last] came here my intellectual fitness was in fact unhealthy. i attempted to end my lifestyles. I can't agree with it once I feel lower back, what may have made me be that hurt. 

'This turned into the starting point of my intellectual health being on the decline. Islam has helped me hugely in terms of my mental fitness, just that advantage that you should discover a way via things.' 

Persephone's parents were supportive of her adventure into Islam, and the documentary noticed her speakme along with her mum and pop about when her mental fitness turned into at its lowest. 

Persephone would commonly frolicked together with her chums in a native park, and revisiting her old hang-out reminded the former birthday party lady of falling into 'loads of darkish areas' on account of ingesting

Persephone's parents were supportive of her experience into Islam, and the documentary noticed her talking together with her mum and pa about when her mental fitness became at its lowest

'You have been simply on a downward spiral,' said her mum, pictured, throughout their candid chat about her mental health on the reveal 

Her mother recalled: 'You had been just on a downward spiral. I in reality at times, I didn't think you were going to make it. We had concerns for you, we thought you could do whatever.'

She brought: 'here is what my considerations have been, you failed to wish to speak about anything really. but you used to write [diaries]. I used to read them. 

'I used to be certain you had a lot of greasy physique lotion so I may get into your mobile, I used to study your chats and also you have been in a really dark place.'

After discovering Islam, Persephone threw away baggage of her clothes she not felt had been appropriate, removed her false nails, modified her name on fb and deleted all her racy pictures. 

'I consider for me it become fairly an awful lot about attempting to find solutions,' she said of her resolution to convert. 

'I noticed no purpose or price in myself, I all started fasting with a chum in a call centre and that i'd truly carried out Ramadan twice earlier than I became Muslim. 

friends Persephone met up with, together with sisters Khloee and Chanelle and had been all accepting of her alternate of faith 

'the sensation turned into sizeable at the end of the day, she gave me that first real feeling of Islam and gratefulness and peace that ultimately made me say I ultimately should take my Shahada now [Islamic oath].'

She ghosted her chums as a result of she notion it could be too elaborate to be round americans ingesting alcohol and eventually moved to London adopted by means of Manchester earlier than relocating again home at 27.   

'after I converted I reduce them off, like if you are not Muslim we can not be friends. but now i know extra what I believe and i realize it's not that,' she noted.

'I literally dropped off the face of social media modified my complete religion transformed to Islam and anticipated them to wanna meet up, wanna catch up with me and reintegrate into my existence and let me into theirs.  Am I asking too lots of them? I don't know.'

The four chums Persephone met up with had been all accepting of her alternate of religion, and reflecting on her adventure she referred to that she felt she could 'be herself and accept herself'.  

This lady's changed is available on BBC iPlayer