Sobering: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Drinking, Thinking and Quitting - Softcover

Melissa Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191283667X ISBN 13: 9781912836673

Publisher: September, 2021

Synopsis

A RAW, FUNNY, HELPING HAND OF A BOOK, BY THE CO-PRESENTER OF BBC RADIO 5 LIVE'S PODCAST HOOKED: THE UNEXPECTED ADDICTS

Sobering is the story of an insecure teenager turned Liverpudlian party girl, schoolteacher turned alcoholic and now recovering alcoholic turned award-winning podcaster. Melissa’s story is as dramatic as her unique voice, but her message is universal: mental health issues often drive vulnerable people to addiction and working on mental health and personal development can help recovery.

Written with the expert help of rehab and addiction specialists, and with insights from other recovering alcoholics and addicts, Sobering covers everything from denial, isolation and shame to getting help and rebuilding relationships. This is a personal story with a mission: to help anyone worried about their drinking to understand themselves and move forward with wisdom to make that hardest decision of all – to stay sober.

PRAISE FOR SOBERING

'Unique, honest, witty, occasionally shocking, you need this uplifting, amazing book in your life' Steve Bland, host of You, Me and the Big C podcast

'Melissa's unique combination of authenticity, personal experience and humour makes for an incredibly refreshing take on addiction and recovery. A much-needed book that will help individuals to find hope and society to rethink substance misuse' Shahroo Izadi, author of The Kindness Method

'A fresh perspective on a well-trodden genre... engaging and studded with wisdom and useful insights into dependency (not just on alcohol ) and how to tackle it' Googlebox's Mary Killen, Lady

About this title

About the Author

Melissa Rice is one half of successful BBC Radio 5 Live podcast Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts, which won Broadcasting Press Guild Radio Programme of the Year 2020, BBC Best Community Podcast 2020 and a Silver British Podcast Award. Melissa was, until 2016, a primary school teacher. After hospitalisation for her alcohol addiction and a period of rehabilitation at Clouds House she submitted a winning pitch for the podcast Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts with her friend from rehab, Jade Wye, for the Rachael Bland New Podcast Award. Hooked’s aim is to debunk the stereotypes of who and what an addict is, interviewing real people, with regular lives, whose voices are rarely heard. With help from the Amy Winehouse Foundation Melissa now lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: September
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191283667X
• ISBN 13: 9781912836673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320