Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts
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Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts
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.
Neueste Episoden
27 Episoden
Celebrating Visible Recovery
In the final episode, Melissa and Jade speak to two people who celebrate visible recovery and are committed to making a difference.
Codependency
Melissa and Jade look at codependency and how to treat it if it becomes problematic.
Sex and porn addiction
Melissa and Jade explore sex and porn addiction. They talk to two recovering sex and porn addicts about misconceptions, their lived experiences and ho...
Routes To Recovery
TV personality and entrepreneur Spencer Matthews talks about the way he got sober as Melissa and Jade explore different ways people achieve recovery.
Gaming
Melissa and Jade speak to Cam Adair about his gaming addiction and why he founded a support community for video game addiction.
Cultural Barriers
Melissa and Jade hear about cultural barriers faced in addiction and recovery.
Mindset coach Africa Brooke shares her story of getting help in...
Mental health
Melissa & Jade talk about managing mental health & addiction. Actor & comedian Joe Tracini describes how being diagnosed with borderline personality d...
Social Media
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...
Relapse
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 tr...
Lockdown
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 sp...
Your Stories
Melissa and Jade hear some of your stories and speak to listeners Chris and Grace about their recovery.
Children of Addicts
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.
Employment
Melissa and Jade speak to Jason Baker who started a company to help addicts get back into work.
Drugs in prisons
Melissa and Jade speak to Viv, a former prisoner who talks about drug use in prisons and how to get help and treatment.
Chemsex
Melissa and Jade learn about chemsex from a former addict and find out what help is available.
Prescription drugs
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 t...
Sober Christmas
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.
Sober dating
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 Coope...
Friends and Family
Melissa speaks to her sister Rebecca and Jade talks to her friend Kathy about how their addictions affected the people close to them.
Th...
What do you do for fun?
DJ Fat Tony talks to Melissa and Jade about the misconceptions about recovering addicts and the things people say to them.
Food addiction
Jade and Melissa speak to a psychotherapist who specialises in addiction and Bibi, who's suffered with food addiction since she was a child.
Rehab
Melissa and Jade talk about their time in rehab and what to do if you need to access help with an addiction.
Gambling
Former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams talks about his alcoholism and setting up the charity Sporting Chance. Singer Amy Wadge describes how mu...
Why don’t you just stop?
Melissa and Jade talk about the secrecy of addiction with Mandy Ogunmokun - the founder of the Treasures Foundation who helps hundreds of vulnerable w...
Addiction: a disease or is it self-inflicted?
Former Blue Peter presenter Richard Bacon joins Melissa and Jade to talk about his own history with drugs and alcohol as they ask whether addiction is...
The Rock Bottom
Melissa and Jade talk about hitting their rock bottom and how it was the start of their recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
Hooked: the preview
Drink, drugs, addiction - it can happen to anyone. Melissa and Jade share their stories of incredible highs, to the rock bottom lows and will be joine...