Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts

BBC Radio 5 Live

4.4 (21)
PERSONAL JOURNALS

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.

10/07/2020

Celebrating Visible Recovery

In the final episode, Melissa and Jade speak to two people who celebrate visible recovery and are committed to making a difference.

49 min
09/30/2020

Codependency

Melissa and Jade look at codependency and how to treat it if it becomes problematic.

45 min
09/23/2020

Sex and porn addiction

Melissa and Jade explore sex and porn addiction. They talk to two recovering sex and porn addicts about misconceptions, their lived experiences and how to manage it.

51 min
09/09/2020

Routes To Recovery

TV personality and entrepreneur Spencer Matthews talks about the way he got sober as Melissa and Jade explore different ways people achieve recovery.

55 min
09/02/2020

Gaming

Melissa and Jade speak to Cam Adair about his gaming addiction and why he founded a support community for video game addiction.

43 min
08/26/2020

Cultural Barriers

Melissa and Jade hear about cultural barriers faced in addiction and recovery. Mindset coach Africa Brooke shares her story of getting help in recovery as a woman of colour. Plus, Ricky Bhandal discusses the barriers he's seen as a substance misuse consultant with over 15 years experience.

42 min
08/19/2020

Mental health

Melissa & Jade talk about managing mental health & addiction. Actor & comedian Joe Tracini describes how being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder affects his life. If you need support with mental health, help and support is available: https://bbc.in/2FBttik

55 min
08/12/2020

Social Media

Melissa and Jade talk about social media usage and how it can become problematic. They speak to Danny Bowman who at one point was taking 200 selfies a day for his social channels.

50 min

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21 Ratings

Loving it

12/20/2019

J Tunney

Love it! From San Diego
Useless

01/27/2022

mplsjo

I listened to the social media episode. These two had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. Bring a former addict doesn’t make you an EXPERT. Bring on someone with credentials. Waste of time.
Truthful and helpful conversations about addiction and recovery

11/11/2019

Bea Godby

A really helpful podcast to demystify recovery and addiction.

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.