Welcome to the Girls Talk podcast, where girls talk, girls talk, girls share, girls listen, and girls take control.

I'm Andrew Aboa and I started Girls Talk because of my own struggles with mental health.

The thing that brought me out the other side was knowing I wasn't in this alone, talking

about my problems with my girls and moving my body to clear my head.

Which is why every episode I'm going to invite my friends to talk, share, listen and take control

of our shit.

Because together, we will become individually and

collectively stronger, inspire each other and create a badass community. So, listen to us when you

need to put your headphones in. Block out the noise and surround yourself with the tools to control

whatever chaos is in your life.

Hi girls, so this month we've been talking about addiction and I've enjoyed it so much

having such interesting people on the podcast each week. It's something that's really close to

my heart and very much part of my journey. So it's been really eye-opening to hear

other people's stories and be able to relate in all senses of the word. This week we have two

incredible experts on the show to tell us about their experiences with addiction through their

work at the charity Sporting Chance.

Sporting Chance focuses on the rehabilitation and recovery of sports stars and athletes

who are suffering from an addiction or mental health problems.

The charity was founded by former Arsenal, yeah, come on, we're news,

and England captain Tony Adams, M.B,

who was inspired by his own recovery from alcoholism.

And they know everything there is to know about addiction

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