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Two women of substance, Melissa Rice and Jade Wye, debunk the stereotype of addicts and guide you through the highs and lows of addiction and recovery.
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In the final episode, Melissa and Jade speak to two people who celebrate visible recovery and are committed to making a difference.
4Melissa and Jade look at codependency and how to treat it if it becomes problematic.
Melissa and Jade explore sex and porn addiction. They talk to two recovering sex and porn addicts about misconceptions, their lived experiences and how to manage it.
TV personality and entrepreneur Spencer Matthews talks about the way he got sober as Melissa and Jade explore different ways people achieve recovery.
Melissa and Jade speak to Cam Adair about his gaming addiction and why he founded a support community for video game addiction.
Melissa and Jade hear about cultural barriers faced in addiction and recovery. Mindset coach Africa Brooke shares her story of getting help in recovery as a woman of colour.Plus, Ricky Bhandal discusses the barriers he's seen as a substance misuse consultant with over 15 years experience.
Melissa & Jade talk about managing mental health & addiction. Actor & comedian Joe Tracini describes how being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder affects his life. If you need support with mental health, help and support is
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Melissa and Jade talk about social media usage and how it can become problematic. They speak to Danny Bowman who at one point was taking 200 selfies a day for his social channels.
Melissa and Jade talk about relapse and speak to Holly Sexton, a recovery worker who works with clients to help them understand their addiction and triggers, whilst supporting those who've relapsed.
Melissa and Jade talk about recovery in lockdown, plus Alcohol Change UK join the pod to discuss how lockdown's affected drinking habits and how to spot potential problems.
Melissa and Jade hear some of your stories and speak to listeners Chris and Grace about their recovery.
Melissa and Jade speak to Josh Connolly about being a child of an addict and the affect it had on him growing up and his own problem drinking.
Melissa and Jade speak to Jason Baker who started a company to help addicts get back into work.
Melissa and Jade speak to Viv, a former prisoner who talks about drug use in prisons and how to get help and treatment.
Melissa and Jade learn about chemsex from a former addict and find out what help is available.
Melissa and Jade speak to Nicki who was addicted to prescription drugs for 20 years. She tells them how there's been an increase in awareness around the addiction.
Melissa and Jade talk about what Christmas used to be like for them in active addiction and now how they manage to enjoy it in recovery.
Melissa and Jade talk about what it's like to start dating after you get clean and sober, and they get the male perspective from journalist Alex Cooper.
Melissa speaks to her sister Rebecca and Jade talks to her friend Kathy about how their addictions affected the people close to them.
The girls also speak to the step mum of Amy Winehouse, Jane, about the foundation set up in Amy’s memory.
DJ Fat Tony talks to Melissa and Jade about the misconceptions about recovering addicts and the things people say to them.
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are there anymore podcasts planned?
There was a whiskey advert that popped up during this..
An amazingly honest podcast. Painfully insightful, for anyone who's had their life touched by addiction, in one way or another. (Even if not, these 2 warm, witty and wonderful friends, discussing life's up&downs, are definitely worth a listen).x
amazing woman and inspirational
Thank you for an insightful, honest and inspiring podcast.
I used to work with an organisation who didn't use the phrase addiction...they saw reliance on drugs etc to be helping mechanisms...and if we could work on the cause it could help...
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Great podcast, relate to every word, inspiring where you both are now shows that EVERYONE can be FREE and live a proper life. X