S4 E7: Bryony Gordon: The devastating truth about alcoholism, addiction and getting sober

Big Fish with Spencer Matthews

Global

Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains discussion around addiction and mental health. If you are affected by anything you hear in this podcast, please speak to your GP.

Bryony Gordon is a journalist and author. Across her Telegraph column and bestselling books, she’s spoken openly about her mental health struggles, including living with OCD, alcoholism, drug addiction, depression and binge eating disorder. Her groundbreaking memoir Mad Girl was published back in 2016 and was a raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness. 8 years on, she’s published her latest book Mad Women - where she reassessed everything she thought she knew about mental illness. In this episode we both talk extremely honestly about our struggles with alcohol, addiction and getting sober.

If you're struggling with alcohol, Drinkline is the free national alcohol helpline. You can call 0300 123 1110 (weekdays 9am to 8pm, weekends 11am to 4pm).

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0:32.0	This is a global player original podcast.
0:35.6	I remember sitting on my bed and thinking, if I don't get over, I'm going to die.
0:45.2	Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews.
0:47.8	Each week I speak to inspirational people about how they reach the top of their game and their mindset for success.
0:55.6	Brian E Gordon is a journalist and author. Across her Telegraph Common and best-selling books,
1:00.6	she's spoken openly about her mental health struggles, including living with OCD,
1:05.3	alcoholism, drug addiction, depression and binge eating disorder. Her groundbreaking memoir, Mad Girl, was published back in
1:13.0	2016 and was a raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.
1:18.8	She's published her latest book, Mad Woman, where she's reassessed everything she thought she knew
1:23.5	about mental illness. In this episode, we talk a lot about Brynie's disorders, but she does
1:29.0	so with incredible amounts of charm and enthusiasm and humour. And actually, she breaches these
1:36.3	topics in ways that most people wouldn't. Brian E. Gordon, welcome to Big Fish.
1:46.1	Thanks for having me.
1:47.3	That's a great pleasure.
1:48.5	This podcast is all about success and how success is defined.
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