Icloud alternative E mail address

As usual, I'm struggling with security issues. Today it's icloud.
Having wasted a huge amount of my morning, I am finally back in my icloud account.
One of the main reasons I was having trouble was because my 'alternitive' E mail address was the same as my icloud address?
So, I filled in my good old fashioned normal E mail address.
I'm then told...!, this E mail address is used on another Apple Account, so now, no alternative E mail address is possible?
Any ideas?
Thanks

Assuming you can login, change the email address at appleid.apple.com.
I have changed mine several times.

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