Danny O Donoghue - ‘I’m finished drinking, I’m finished smoking, everything’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Danny O’Donoghue is best known as the lead singer of The Script and a former coach on singing talent show The Voice. But the last year of his life has been overshadowed by personal tragedy: the death of his bandmate and best friend Mark Sheehan at the age of 46. In his first full-length interview since Mark’s death, Danny opens up about how he navigated grief, how he spiralled into alcohol abuse and how he managed to find a way to survive through therapy and faith. It’s an extraordinary story, movingly told with great profundity. Danny’s failures include failing music in school and dropping out (he was finally diagnosed with Dyslexia earlier this year), the failure of his first record deal and failing to look after himself physically and spiritually as an adult. Thank you, Danny, for being so open and for your willingness to show a vulnerability that I know will help many others who are struggling with loss. As always, I’m desperate to hear about your failures. Every week, my guest and I choose a selection to read out and answer on our special subscription offering, Failing with Friends. We’ll endeavour to give you advice, wisdom, some laughs and much, much more. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Manager: Lily Hambly Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Tickell and Josh Gibbs Producer: Hannah Talbot Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by AirB&B.
0:04.0	So I was browsing through AirB&B the other day to find a place for my upcoming solo holiday to LA,
0:09.0	and I noticed a feature called guest favorites. Guest favorites are the most loved homes on
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0:24.8	It's in West Hollywood, right around the corner from two of my dearest friends,
0:29.2	and super walkable to restaurants, and, very importantly, one of my preferred nail salons.
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0:38.2	The host was in touch super quickly with lots of friendly and helpful recommendations for my stay. I am so
0:46.3	looking forward to my trip and I can't wait to share all the details with you when I'm back. Hello and welcome to how to Fail with me Elizabeth Day. This podcast puts failure in the spotlight and asks us what we learn from the moments in life that don't go according to plan.
1:13.8	Because I firmly believe that most failure can teach us something if we let it.
1:19.1	I just wanted to remind you that for the first time ever, how to fail is going on tour and will be
1:24.8	presented by Hey You the home of reality TV. Each show I'll have a very special
1:30.4	guest sharing their three failures on stage so you can expect the usual
1:35.3	uplifting, hilarious and moving conversations. Tickets are on sale now.
1:41.1	Head to feign.co. UK or follow the link in the show notes.
1:46.0	You can join me for more how to fail in our subscriber series
1:49.7	Failing with Friends. Every week I get some extra time with my guests to answer your
1:54.2	failures and questions. This week you'll hear more from Danny O'Donohue.
1:58.9	The one thing that I can say is there is good in every situation and that's the hardest thing to think of at the time when you're surrounded by
2:06.8	negative thoughts everything else but if it's not in the moment you find the wisdom
2:11.5	definitely in retrospect looking back you do.
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