Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

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But without GA my shield had gone. When a lot of my television and speaking work was cancelled due to Covid, I started to scheme. I tried to double our savings by gambling and lost everything, even the deposit for a house. So try not to worry about what happened a year ago or three years ago. But it is hard, I'm not gonna lie." Just proves there's few things bleaker than addiction. Especially an addiction that becomes all encompassing, out of control. An addiction that impacts not just one person, but everyone around them. He was a great guest- really engaged with the players and they had a great time" - Harriet, Communications Officer, The Salvation Army

Paul Merson breaks down in tears as Susanna Reid reads Paul Merson breaks down in tears as Susanna Reid reads

Footballers could PULL OUT of the 2034 Saudi World Cup due to workload issues, warns head of the PFA... with...Merson pauses as he begins to cry. He shakes his head. “It was…” The words are choked by his tears. He tries again. “It was…” His mouth crumples, and I apologise. “No, don’t worry,” Merson manages to say. Alexander Volkanovski sheds almost TWO STONE in just NINE DAYS, as his dietician shares incredible body transformation ahead of UFC 294 You're watching it and my brain was telling me I've saved enough money to get a deposit for a house, to get us out of rented accommodation. Raheem Sterling and Cole Palmer tussle over penalty in clash with Arsenal... but it's the former Man City academy startlet who wins the ball!

Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

Paul Merson's wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction for three decades. For me, gambling has always been the cruellest addiction, the most difficult to live with and the most hideous for my family because it is invisible until it is too late. Kevin De Bruyne swaps the Etihad for the Octagon as he sits front row at UFC 294 - insisting he 'can't wait to see the games' in Abu Dhabi In Merson’s raw and sometimes harrowing new book, which is also full of pathos, he describes how he saw space and clarity on the pitch. He compares this ability to a chess prodigy plotting a strategy four or five moves ahead. But in real life he saw little but blurring chaos. He suggests that his brain is “wired differently. It helped me on the pitch. Ask the lads at Arsenal, or anywhere I played. It drove them up the wall. They would complain I was always aiming for the glory ball. It was like my gambling, my drinking, my drugging. It was risk-taking. I didn’t see fear. I could do it and I kept on doing it. Since retiring from professional play in 2006, Paul has made his mark as a memorable and well liked TV pundit. Appearing on Sky Sports, where he is part of the panel for Soccer Saturday and on the program ‘Fantasy Football Club’, Paul is an instantly recognisable face for fans. In addition to TV reporting, Paul has also dabbled in writing, mainly articles for the Arsenal FC magazine and the Daily Star’s ‘Seriously Football’ section.I got stared at but it was more novelty value than anything sinister! Mail Sport's CHARLOTTE DALY shares her experience as a western woman covering Tyson Fury's fight with Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia Paolo di Canio reveals he rejected Saudi Arabia assistant job offer after being approached by Roberto Mancini - but insists he 'didn't just say no to oil money' Manny Pacquiao confirms that he is 'working' on a fight with Amir Khan to take place next year... and also hopes to compete at the Paris Olympics

Paul Merson on alcoholism, his gambling addiction and Paul Merson on alcoholism, his gambling addiction and

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. Eden Hazard insists 'I don't miss playing football' after the ex-Chelsea and Real Madrid star announced his retirement from the sport in October Asked by Susanna how he is coping day-to-day now, he said: "Its trying to live in the moment, live in the day. We only get given today. I’ve taken a penalty for England in a World Cup shootout and it never entered my mind to be scared. On the field, I was safe. But away from football, things were very different. I went out and had the best game of my career. We were 5-0 up and I got a standing ovation from Millwall fans with five minutes to go. Then, in the car park, this 75-year-old geezer comes up to me: ‘I just want to say, Merson, I’ve been coming to the Den 60-odd years and I’ve never seen what I seen today. We’ve never had a standing ovation for an opposition player.’”marked the end of Merson's international career after 21 full caps in seven years, in which he scored three times. [23] Media career [ edit ] Cristiano Ronaldo's 13-year-old son 'will start training with Al-Nassr's U15 side', with youngster aiming to follow in his father's footsteps OLIVER HOLT: Money matters to FIFA. And money doesn't just talk when the Saudis get involved, it shouts from the rooftops I was injured in September 1994 and, at a loose end, ran up enormous debts in a vicious circle: place a bet, snort a line, sink a can of beer. Rinse and repeat. I was frightened of Lorraine finding out and did my best to avoid her. The only solution, my brain was telling me, was to kill myself.

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