Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

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It is amazing how selfish addicts are and while it is great Paul can tell his story openly there is not much consideration given to the impact of his actions had on the lives of the people around him. Undoubtedly a gifted footballer, Merse played on George Graham's title winning side with Tony Adams, Michael Thomas, Lee Dixon David Rocastle et al. I wasn’t gambling all the time, but when I did it would spiral until I’d cleaned out my bank account.

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It seems a sad lad culture in football that thankfully is dying out, I wonder how many gambling, drink and drug addicts there are from this and previous eras!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. He is an amiable and even cheerful man, despite the bleak topic, but Merson feels anger when he considers the gambling industry, “There’s a betting company I used and I looked through my accounts with them. Also playing in the 1992 Euro Championship, 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup, Merson racked up 21 caps for his country, scoring on three occasions.

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Merson doesn't hold back with detailing his gambling, drinking and drug use and how especially the gambling and alcohol have plagued him throughout his life and led to the breakdown of two of his marriages and his mental health. Gary Neville admits Man United's 'awful performances' are 'worrying' for Erik ten Hag as pressure increases. I placed my first bet at 16 and lost my entire first month’s wages at Arsenal in ten minutes at William Hill. We do not accept requests for autographs, signed merchandise, fan mail, birthday messages or any other non-commercial contact with the speakers or acts.I’d run up huge debts borrowing money to stick on Steve Davis to beat Joe Johnson in the 1986 World Snooker Championship final. He later had short spells with non-league clubs Tamworth, Welshpool Town, Caerau and Hanworth Villa. I can remember a barbecue on the Saturday night, the open-top bus tour on the Sunday and getting home on Tuesday morning.

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Jordan Pickford checks his secret water bottle cheat sheet before Mo Salah's penalty for Liverpool in the derby. Think the scariest things probably the gambling, it's not visible, nobody can see it and I agree, as a Society we don't do enough to support it. Last year, during the first lockdown, Merson spent all his and his wife Kate’s savings in a desolate spree. He won 21 caps for England, played in the 1998 World Cup and, now, at the age of 53, he is a much-loved, or often cruelly mocked, member of Sky Sports’ Saturday Soccer panel alongside his close friend Jeff Stelling. Asked by Susanna how he is coping day-to-day now, he said: "Its trying to live in the moment, live in the day.Merson highlights the way gambling advertising is so pervasive – especially around football on television. In that tournament, he played in England's famous second round match against Argentina, coming off the bench and scoring in the penalty shoot-out, although England eventually lost. He went to play for Boro with Gaza, Villa and of course has a few good stories to tell playing for Harry Rednapp at Portsmouth. p>

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The move doubled my wages, but Lorraine refused to move north and I stopped going to addicts’ meetings. After joining Aston Villa in 1998, Merson went on to become club captain and played for the team in the 2000 FA Cup Final, the last to be held at the original Wembley Stadium. In 2019, Paul was praised for his candid discussion on ITVs Harry’s Heroes: The Full English, as he opened up about overcoming addiction. Man United 0-3 Newcastle: Pressure piles on Erik ten Hag as Red Devils suffer another DISMAL home defeat.The father-of-eight hoped that by appearing on GMB, he could help others that are going through the same problem. On the podcast they cover Merson'’s struggles with addiction to alcohol, drugs and most damagingly, gambling. I wet the bed, sucked my thumb and my mum says I barely spoke before I had speech therapy when I was six.