IT IS EPISODE FIFTY!!! How incredible is that? We see no better way to celebrate than by talking with Scott Pearson aka The Boy Who Drank Too Much. Scott is a Sober, Mental Health and LGBQTI+ Activist and is also celebrating his ONE YEAR SOBERVERSARY WoopWoop. He's a writer for the magazine Outlife www.outlife.org.uk and a dear friend to Kate and Mandy who we met have met through the gram.
We talk among other things about how shame has impacted his life, growing up gay in a hetro-normative society and how that internalised for him in a negative way, how getting sober has changed his life. We talk different systems of support, and creating your own patchwork for recovery, the importance of self-compassion and how this journey isnt always easy, but we keep going. We also talk about mental health, coping with anxiety and how we try to work through that.
It's a good one! So grab a cuppa and let's chat.
Resources mentioned:
Matthew Todd - Straight Jacket https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17614857-straight-jacket
Brene Brown - https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en
AA - http://www.aa.org/
Ruby Wax - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/024197206X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
Catherine Gray - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpected-Joy-Being-Sober-alcohol-free/dp/1912023385/ref=sr_1_1?crid=241SH5RSRFJUE&keywords=the+unexpected+joy+of+being+sober&qid=1570702958&s=books&sprefix=the+une%2Cstripbooks%2C252&sr=1-1
Annie Grace - https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Naked-Mind-Annie-Grace/dp/0008293430/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MDMS0LKIYAK2&keywords=annie+grace&qid=1570703017&s=books&sprefix=annie+grace%2Cstripbooks%2C632&sr=1-1
Russel Brand - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand/dp/1509850864/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=russel+brand&qid=1570703061&s=books&sr=1-1
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