Cherry Healy on Mum Wine Culture, Gray Area Drinking and Sobriety
Cherry Healy was drinking a bottle of wine a night by the time lockdown lifted. She had a brilliant career as a BBC presenter, a partner who barely drank, two kids she adored, and "wine o'clock" creep...
13 Okt 202155min
Growing Up With an Alcoholic Dad: Emmerdale's Liam Fox Tells His Story
When Liam Fox was 12, he started taping his dad. He'd plug in a little radio cassette recorder, hit play and record, and capture his dad coming home drunk and talking through his backside. The next mo...
15 Sep 202152min
Pop Stars, Cocaine, and Psychosis: Taner Hassan's Road to 15 Years Sober
Taner Hassan was 19 when 12 million people watched him audition on Pop Stars. He made the final 14 but didn't get the job. What followed was cocaine, nightclub work, and a slow collapse. By 24 he had ...
8 Sep 20211h 1min
6 Months Alcohol-Free After 25 Years of Drinking: Kate's Story
Kate Rohan spent 25 years drinking, starting at 14 when alcohol gave her a way out of the bullying and eating disorders that marked her teens. By her late 20s she was a daily 5pm drinker who could nev...
1 Sep 202150min
Alcohol, Grief and Self-Worth: Lisa Riley's Sober Story
Lisa Riley was drinking a bottle and a half of wine a night after losing her mum. She used alcohol to numb grief, fuel the party, and fill a void she didn't yet understand. On this episode of One for ...
25 Aug 202148min
From Abandoned at Two to Sobriety Coach: Simon Chappell's Story
Simon Chappell was drinking two to three bottles of red wine a day, plus beer on top, when his marriage started falling apart. He thought he just had a drinking problem. What he actually had was decad...
18 Aug 202158min
Alcoholism Killed My Dad at 59: Sarah Drayge's Fight Against Stigma
Sarah Drayge lost her dad Steve to alcoholism in 2017, exactly one week before his 60th birthday. She believes the shame and stigma around his disease kept him from getting the help that could have sa...
11 Aug 202146min
Anita Chellamah on Getting Sober at the Top of Her Career
Anita Chellamah was on Top of the Pops with Legs and Co. She fronted the rock band the Cherry Bombs, supported Poison on tour in America, and played the legendary CBGBs in New York. By 28 she was drin...
4 Aug 20211h 4min
