Hooked - Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery (Merson Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards''brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... I would recommend this book to everyone.'' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live''so honest ... everybody should read Hooked to understand what anybody in this situation has been through.'' Susanna Reid, Good Morning Britain''a fantastic book ... a remarkable read.'' Richard Madeley, Good Morning Britain''Brave, poignant and very moving. This book will change lives.'' Jamie Redknapp''A courageous, emotional and vitally important book.'' Jeff StellingPaul Merson''s wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction for three decades.For twenty-one years Paul Merson played professional football. He won two First Division titles with Arsenal and was one of the finest players of his generation. But for thirty years Paul Merson has also been an addict. Alcohol, drugs, gambling: a desperately unenviable cocktail of addictions and depression which has plagued his entire adult life and driven him to the verge of suicide. ''I''ve come to realise that I''m powerless over alcohol ... I''m an alcoholic. My drinking and gambling have left a lot of wreckage.'' Until recently the drinking and gambling were still raging. ''I wanted to kill myself. I couldn''t go on anymore. I just couldn''t see a way out.'' Then something clicked. ''One day, I was walking home from the pub late on a Sunday evening, and I thought to myself: I''ve had enough of feeling like this, every day of my
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