Sideways

This week we're celebrating Martin's ninth anniversary of sobriety and I take the opportunity to ask him about what he's learned and what advice and wisdom he would pass on to those that are either beginning their journey or haven't yet taken the first step.

I also ask him to make a tricky decision involving a duck.

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This week we are discussing why people find it so hard to use the word "alcoholic" in reference to their own destructive relationship with drink, and we talk about how other people's ignorance and intolerance of the misery that addiction brings serves only to further undermine our attempts to come to terms with the problem.

In a surprising twist, Martin and I find some common ground in an unlikely place, Cliff Richard.

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In this week's episode, we are talking about what it means to belong and why it is so important to our mental health.

Martin tells us a story that is his own personal version of the film "Brief Encounter", less brief but with a similarly bittersweet ending, and we discuss the habit of refusing to smile in photos.

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This week we're talking about the elaborate excuses we come up with to justify our drinking and the ones we have to think up after we've been out and left ourselves in a bit of a state.

We're talking about the role shame plays in our behaviour, and the point at which we realise that even we don't believe what we're saying anymore.

We also find time to talk about facial hair in the music industry and one of the worst remedies for toothache either of us has ever heard.

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This week we're discussing a campaign from the 1980s which had the backing of the First Lady in the US but that took a rather hopelessly simplistic approach to deal with the problem of addiction.

We reminisce about Grange Hill and Martin displays an uncanny knowledge of cast members which suggests he'd not been spending his time wisely in the past few days.

We also learn the phrase used to describe Martin's old favourite behaviour, leaving the pub without telling anyone.

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This week we're talking about the dependency we have on our tech devices, why we find them so hard to put down, and the impact that it has on our lives.

Martin read a book about it all and has a plentiful supply of facts and quotes.

We also talk about games and our fondness for riding horses through the wild west looking for wild herbs.

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This week we're talking about the difference between loneliness and being alone, and we examine why it's so important to be OK in our own company, and why it's sometimes so hard to do.

Martin is disparaging of watching people make cakes but does come up with what he considers to be some useful insight about tongues.

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This week we're talking about the routes to recovery and why there aren't any shortcuts.

I make a mistake with the recording, we discuss the merits of Lucozade and the best cheese to select if you're a shoplifter.

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This week we're talking about why alcohol-free beer isn't a good option for everyone.

We're discussing what it actually is, what it has to do with a 1970's football manager from the North East, and how the supermarkets were already encouraging us to get drunk by the time we were eleven years old.

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This week we're talking about how our memories are good at forgetting unpleasant aspects of the past but that this is not always as helpful as it sounds.

We take a nostalgic trip through the 1970's ice cream cabinet at the corner shop and learn some interesting things about Thunderbirds.

I wear a hat throughout the episode and Martin reveals a shocking fondness for easy listening music.

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