Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

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Walsall went out of all cup competitions against lower league teams, and it was reported that Merson had had a rift with his wife, and had started drinking and gambling again, whilst the press reported on him inviting goalkeeper Mark Bosnich back into the game. I stayed for a month and managed to kick the gambling, but as soon as I got back I swapped one addiction for another – drink. The betting markets exploded in the 1990s and I went with them, adding football, rugby, cricket and tennis to the horses and dogs. Not knowing that means that if you do get drawn back into old habits, the shame and guilt are even worse than before. Next day I lumped on Dewsbury, a second-tier rugby league team, to win a match against Leigh by 20 points.

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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.THE NOTEBOOK: Sean Longstaff takes the armband on a milestone appearance, Newcastle's back-up full backs. After a difficult first season in management, Merson's position at Walsall looked more secure as the club entered the 2005–06 season; however, he was unable to lift Walsall out of the relegation zone, and with the club in 19th place, he was sacked on 6 February 2006 after his Walsall side lost 5–0 to Brentford at Griffin Park. Paul Charles Merson (born 20 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer, manager, commentator and sports television pundit for Sky Sports.

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I wet the bed, sucked my thumb and my mum says I barely spoke before I had speech therapy when I was six. A good man lost his way now fighting on a daily basis to his life intact, keep believing sir your a credit to your self, family and others. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my whole life and I don’t have anything apart from my family and a television job [with Sky Sport] I love. The move doubled my wages, but Lorraine refused to move north and I stopped going to addicts’ meetings.I’d be provocative when Lorraine protested about the state I was in, the lies I’d told about when I was coming home and the crowd of drinkers I’d brought in at 4am. Paul Merson's wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction for three decades. I wasn’t gambling all the time, but when I did it would spiral until I’d cleaned out my bank account. Not only was he an absolute pleasure to spend the day with but he spoke so openly and frankly about his own experiences which meant a lot to our service users and staff - me included. I arranged a bank loan on the day my son Charlie was born and spent most of the day in the bookies while Lorraine was in labour.

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There's no hiding, he owns it and talks extremely frankly about the his drink, drugs and gambling issues. Not just happy to talk to anyone but keen to talk to everyone when I’d usually struggle to overcome my shyness. An amazing sports speaker, Paul ensures the whole audience feel a part of his journey in professional football and enjoys engaging with the crowd and putting his punditry work to use during talks about the game. Arsenal fans FUME at West Ham's opener in Carabao Cup exit as they claim Aaron Ramsdale was 'blatantly. Despite a number of offers from clubs as high as the Championship, Merson decided to drop down the leagues and play for part-time Conference club Tamworth, which surprised many but enthralled the Tamworth fans.Merson played a key creative role in the Villa side, and helped them to the FA Cup Final in 2000, where they lost 1–0 to Chelsea. While appearing on Harry's Heroes: The Full English, a 2019 ITV documentary, Merson opened up about how substance abuse and gambling have affected his life, and his continued struggles with addictions.

Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul

I’ve lost millions and almost destroyed my self-respect, but the fog in my mind is finally clearing. I drank with the fans, sometimes in places you’d never think of going sober – gambling dens, after-hours clubs, dodgy pool halls. On 28 March 2012, he made a one-off appearance for Mid Wales Football League side Welshpool Town, playing alongside fellow Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara against Newbridge-on-Wye.Undoubtedly a gifted footballer, Merse played on George Graham's title winning side with Tony Adams, Michael Thomas, Lee Dixon David Rocastle et al. Hooked is Merson’s wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction, searingly charting his journey over three decades. Football pundit Paul Merson breaks down in tears on Good Morning Britain as he opens up on his harrowing struggles with gambling addiction. One day, I was walking home from the pub late on a Sunday evening, and I thought to I've had enough of feeling like this, every day of my life .