Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

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Paul Merson: Ex-England midfielder talks about his mental health struggles". BBC Sport. 4 January 2020. Barcelona star Ilkay Gundogan and his wife Sara Arfaoui 'complain to the club about feeling ABANDONED' because they had no help with housing when moving from Manchester City - where she had moaned about 'all frozen food' in restaurants so honest … everybody should read Hooked to understand what anybody in this situation has been through.’ Susanna Reid, Good Morning Britain That’s why, today, I need to attend meetings. Hearing people’s stories helps me remember why it’s worth not giving up. Talking is the only therapy that works for me.

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About two months ago I’m sitting on the sofa. Kate said: ‘What’s wrong?’ I went: ‘It’s boring. I’m not used to this flat life where everything stays the same. I’ve been on a rollercoaster so long.’ She said: ‘Is this better than down there at the very bottom?’ I said: ‘A hundred times better.’” Scoring a penalty for Portsmouth against Millwall in 2003. ‘I remember having 30 grand, in cash, to give to someone after the game’. Photograph: Chris Young/PA Just proves there's few things bleaker than addiction. Especially an addiction that becomes all encompassing, out of control. An addiction that impacts not just one person, but everyone around them. Drink made my relationship with my fiancee Lorraine volatile. Cruelty comes easily to addicts. If you can’t stand yourself, it’s a knee-jerk thing to project all that loathing on to the people you love. I’d be provocative when Lorraine protested about the state I was in, the lies I’d told about when I was coming home and the crowd of drinkers I’d brought in at 4am. Tyson Fury steals the show at Saudi open workout as he enters into a DANCE-OFF with Sugar Hill - whereas Francis Ngannou keeps it business as usualZinchenko is Arsenal's biggest JOKER while Elneny is the LEAST likely to fork out for dinner as Gunners stars reveal all about their team-mates I suffer with anxiety myself and it's for that reason I was drawn towards Paul and his story. His mantra of only living for today works for him but I find I always need something to look forward to. We're all different I guess? England's Tom Curry accuses South Africa's Bongi Mbonambi of calling him a 'white c***' in the Rugby World Cup semi-final with alleged slur caught on ref's mic Gary Neville slams Antony for his 'EMBARRASSING' swipe at Man City winger Jeremy Doku in the closing stages of United's 3-0 defeat Schumacher's lawyer explains why there's no 'final report' on F1 icon's condition - and even his friends are prevented from giving updates on his state

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Jakub Jankto, who became the first current international player to come out as gay, says he is 'really happy' he can now play 'without hiding or being scared' David de Gea posts a cryptic thinking emoji on social media just hours after reports emerge 'Man United are plotting a sensational swoop for goalkeeper' They were too obscure to be given Teletext updates so I took to ringing up the lady on the club’s switchboard for the score every few minutes. They lost.Merson writes a weekly column for the Daily Star 's 'Seriously Football' pullout every Saturday and predicts scores for the weeks premier league games called 'Merson Predicts'. [ citation needed] Asked by Susanna how he is coping day-to-day now, he said: "Its trying to live in the moment, live in the day. We only get given today.

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REVEALED: Read the first scout report of a 16-year-old Jude Bellingham (by a Premier League club who didn't sign him) With our first child on the way, we bought a bigger house, but I couldn’t afford carpets. I used to pop round to my mum and dad’s just to get something to eat. I arranged a bank loan on the day my son Charlie was born and spent most of the day in the bookies while Lorraine was in labour. I’d make up gambling games on the team coach. When you’re betting on what colour the next car’s going to be, you’ve got a problem. On 28 March 2012, he made a one-off appearance for Mid Wales Football League side Welshpool Town, playing alongside fellow Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara against Newbridge-on-Wye. Merson scored the opening goal in the 4–1 defeat at the Maes y Dre Recreation Ground. [15] On 11 October 2017, Merson signed for Welsh Football League Division Three team Caerau. Following international clearance, he made his debut on 18 October against Pontyclun. [16] In December 2019, Merson joined Hanworth Villa in the Combined Counties League Premier Division, [17] making two appearances for the Villains in total. [18] International career [ edit ] Euro 1992 [ edit ]

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