Bryony Gordon: ‘I couldn’t associate myself with the word alcoholic’
How Do You Cope?
Significant Productions
4.9 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
How do you live a fulfilling life after coming to terms with addiction problems?
John speaks to the journalist, author and broadcaster Bryony Gordon about confronting her alcohol and drug addictions, finding ways to quieten the negative voice in her head, and how running and exercise have transformed her life for the better.
Bryony talks about her difficult and reluctant journey towards confronting her alcoholism, how even associating herself with the word was a huge challenge. She and John share their recovery journeys, and talk about the importance of reaching out for help.
On Thursday in our bonus episode The Gratitude List, Bryony shares the 5 things that she is currently grateful for.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus subscribers can listen to episodes of How Do You Cope early and ad-free? |
| 0:04.7 | Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:14.2 | Just to let you know, this episode contains discussions of suicidal thoughts. |
| 0:19.4 | If you need any support, we have included resources |
| 0:21.8 | at the end of this episode and in the episode description. Hello and welcome to How Do You |
| 0:29.1 | Coat with me, John Robbins. This is the show where I sit down with very special guests to talk about |
| 0:34.4 | the challenges they've faced and the coping mechanisms they use every day. |
| 0:38.6 | Today's guest is the journalist, author and broadcaster, Bryony Gordon. But before we get into |
| 0:43.8 | today's episode with Brianie Gordon, a couple of points of order. My discussion with Brianie |
| 0:48.6 | will be the final one of this series of How Do You Cope. We're taking a break whilst I'm on tour |
| 0:53.1 | with another podcast of mine and also to line up guests for the next series. But please stay subscribed as episodes |
| 0:59.7 | will be back on this feed at some point in the new year. I do hope you've found the first 30 |
| 1:04.3 | or so guests to have been as interesting, inspiring and helpful as I have. It's been a privilege |
| 1:09.2 | to speak to them and I'd like to thank them all |
| 1:11.1 | for their time and generosity. Secondly, in this episode with Briani, we talk a lot about alcohol, |
| 1:17.0 | including Brianne's fantastic book, Glorious Rock Bottom. I have also written a book about my experiences |
| 1:23.3 | with alcohol and it's available for pre-order now, published by Penguin. So search thirst, |
| 1:29.6 | 12 drinks that changed my life from your online retailer of choice. On to the show. Today's guest |
| 1:36.3 | is the journalist, author and broadcaster, Brianie Gordon. Brini began her journalism career as an |
| 1:41.8 | intern at the Daily Express and went on to forge a successful |
| 1:45.0 | career writing for The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror and various other outlets. |
| 1:49.8 | In 2007, she was shortlisted for a young journalist of the year award at the British Press |
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