Camilla Tominey

Bryony Gordon's Mad World

The Telegraph

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When Camilla Tominey isn't writing in the Telegraph, she's the patron of Nacoa, The National Association for Children of Alcoholics, a charity that provides a space for people, young and old, to discuss the effect parental drinking has had on their life.

This Addiction Awareness Week, Bryony has teamed up with Action on Addiction and the Forward Trust to bring you a conversation each day tackling a different element of addiction. Because even though we are slowly breaking down the stigma around discussing mental health, addiction - sadly - remains a taboo, even though we will all know someone touched by it.

Camilla tells Bryony about the slow realisation that her childhood wasn't normal, why she's keen to paint a picture of her mum beyond her alcoholism, and how she wishes she didn't have to explain why she doesn't drink.

Action on Addiction is a UK charity providing support to people who need rehab, as well as a wealth of resources for those battling addiction issues: https://www.actiononaddiction.org.uk |

If you are a child of an alcoholic you can get advice and support from Nacoa for free on 0800 358 3456 |

You can find more information about organisations that offer free and confidential support at the end of this episode.

Read more from Camilla Tominey: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/ca-ce/camilla-tominey/ |

Read Bryony's columns: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/bryony-gordon/ |

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0:00.0	The telegraph.
0:02.0	Podcasts.
0:10.0	My dad said to me, Camilla, if your mum had died of cancer, you'd be quite happily talking about it
0:14.0	and trying to help other people going through the same, so what's the difference?
0:17.0	So I'll continue talking to people about it because I hope it will help.
0:24.0	Hello.
0:25.0	My name's Bernie Gordon and I want to welcome you to this special series of Mad World.
0:30.0	And I say special series because it covers a subject I know all too well.
0:35.0	Addiction.
0:36.0	Addiction recovery and mental health go hand in hand and as many of you may know, it's a journey I've been on and I'm still on.
0:43.0	So for this year's Addiction Awareness Week, the Mad World team have joined forces with the amazing charities action on addiction and the forward trust
0:51.0	to bring you a series of honest conversations about addiction, be that to alcohol, drugs, gambling or something else.
0:58.0	We're slowly breaking down the stigma of discussing mental health, but addiction still sadly remains to do.
1:03.0	Even though we will all know someone who's been touched by it, which means I'm especially grateful to my guests on this series for having the courage to speak to me.
1:14.0	Sometimes we have a conversation on Mad World that I just know will help a lot of people and this is definitely one of those.
1:21.0	My guest today is my colleague and friend, the telegraphs associate editor Camilla Tomani, who's graciously agreed to talk to me about the other side of the addiction coin.
1:30.0	What it's like living with someone battling it.
1:33.0	Her mother was an alcoholic and when Camilla isn't writing for the telegraph, she's a patron for Nicola, the National Association of Children of Alcoholics,
1:42.0	a charity that provides a space for people young and old to discuss the effect parental drinking has had on their life.
1:49.0	Welcome to Mad World, Camilla Tomani.
1:52.0	Welcome to Mad World, yeah, I feel that we operate in a bad world and therefore this feels entirely fitting to be here.
1:58.0	Quite relaxing. The question I ask everybody first is, how are you really right now?
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