Hello everyone, it's John here. Just letting you know that I have written a book. It's called Thirst,

12 drinks that changed my life, and it's out now. In many episodes of How Do You Cope,

you'll have heard me talk about my relationship with alcohol, and in writing Thirst, I wanted to

explore what alcohol means. Why did it mean more to me than other people? Why did it mean some

things felt better, and why did it mean so many

things went wrong? I also talk about lots of other things you'll have heard me and my guests

discuss on how do you cope. Meditation, physical pain, gratitude, trauma and therapy. There's even

a chapter about my bum and its relationship with Buddhism. So if that piques your interest,

thirst is out now, and the

audiobook, read by me, is available wherever you get audiobooks from.

Hello and welcome to How Do You Cope with me, John Robbins. This is the show where I sit down

with special guests to talk about the challenges they've overcome and the coping mechanisms

they use in their everyday lives. And before we go any further, I do need to mention that this

episode covers the loss of a young child and also suicide,

so do listen with care.

And if you need any support, you can find links to resources in the show notes.

Today's guest is Rianne Mannings, an incredible woman who's been through the very worst

of what life can throw at you.

In 2012, Rianne lost her one-year-old son George, after he suffered a sudden

seizure. Just five days later, her husband Paul took his own life. Since this unimaginable trauma,

Rianne has channeled her grief into helping those around her. She set up to wish, a charity

created in her son and husband's memory that very same year.

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