Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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Celebrating Visible Recovery
Wed 7 Oct 2020
In the final episode, Melissa and Jade speak about celebrating visible recovery.
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Sex and porn addiction
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Melissa and Jade explore the misconceptions around sex and porn addiction.
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Cultural Barriers
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Melissa and Jade hear about cultural barriers that can be faced in addiction and recovery
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Social Media
Wed 12 Aug 2020
Melissa and Jade talk about social media usage and how it can become problematic.
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Relapse
Wed 5 Aug 2020
Melissa and Jade talk about what can lead to a relapse and the help that is available.
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Lockdown
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Back for a second series, Melissa and Jade talk about how recovery has been in lockdown.
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Your Stories
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Melissa and Jade hear some of your stories that you've shared with Hooked.
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Children of Addicts
Wed 4 Mar 2020
Melissa and Jade speak to Josh Connolly about being a child of an addict.
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Employment
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Discussing the problems that arise in employment due to active addiction and recovery.
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Drugs in prisons
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Melissa and Jade speak to Viv, a former prisoner who talks about drug use in prisons.
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Prescription drugs
Wed 5 Feb 2020
Melissa and Jade speak to Nicki who was addicted to prescription drugs for 20 years.
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Sober Christmas
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Melissa and Jade talk about what Christmas is like for them in recovery.
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Sober dating
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Melissa and Jade talk about what it's like to start dating after you get clean and sober.
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Friends and Family
Wed 4 Dec 2019
We hear about how the girls' addictions affected their friends and family.
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What do you do for fun?
Wed 27 Nov 2019
DJ Fat Tony talks to the girls about misconceptions people have about recovering addicts.
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Food addiction
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Jade and Melissa speak to a woman who has had food addiction since she was a child.
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Gambling
Wed 6 Nov 2019
Former footballer Tony Adams talks to Melissa and Jade about setting up Sporting Chance.
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Why don鈥檛 you just stop?
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Jade and Melissa talk about control vs abstinence and how addiction progresses.
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Addiction: a disease or is it self-inflicted?
Wed 23 Oct 2019
TV host Richard Bacon joins the girls to talk about his experience of alcohol and drugs.
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The Rock Bottom
Wed 16 Oct 2019
Melissa and Jade talk about how hitting the rock bottom was the start of their recovery.
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Hooked: the preview
Mon 7 Oct 2019
Drink, drugs, addiction: it can happen to anyone. Incredible highs to rock bottom lows.