MINIPOD: Marian Keyes on Overcoming Addiction and Reconnecting

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author Marian Keyes revisits her ‘Thank You, Next’, a difficult experience which she now draws on in her writing with her unique blend of comedy and darkness. One of the most popular episodes of Thanks A Million, Marian’s complete openness has helped to spark conversations about the topic of alcoholism which is so often difficult to discuss.

So, what happened when Marian said Thank you, Next...

CONTENT WARNINGS: references to suicide and alcohlism and addiction.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Angela Scanlan and welcome to the Thanks a Million mini pods.
0:07.0	Series 4 is coming soon with a truckload of new thank yous, but in the meantime, I thought
0:11.3	we'd revisit the Thank You Next chapter of some of our guests' lives to remind us that we have
0:17.7	got this. I love asking guests what their thank you next is because it's all
0:22.5	about silver linings. It's a period in people's lives that's been and gone, which at the time felt
0:27.8	like a complete disaster, an absolute mess, but in hindsight, they might even be grateful for it.
0:38.3	You know the type of thing.
0:40.4	When you're in it, when you're stuck in the eye of the storm, it's bloody awful.
0:45.4	But once it's been and gone, you think, you know what?
0:49.7	I learned something from that.
0:51.7	I know.
0:52.5	Sometimes it's hard.
0:53.7	Maybe you're not there yet.
0:55.5	We'll get there.
0:56.6	Okay?
0:57.4	We'll all get there together somehow.
1:00.1	This, I feel like this whole period might be one of those giant collective shit storms.
1:07.0	Anyway, here we all are.
1:09.1	Please don't forget to subscribe so that you can get all of the Thank You Next mini-pods as soon as they are released.
1:14.6	Plus, you'll be the first to know when Series 4 of Thanks a Million drops.
1:19.5	This week's thank you next is from Marion Keyes.
1:24.3	Marion, Marion, Marion, my mother's name, but also the jewel of the Irish crown.
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