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Hello listeners, Briny here. Just a quick warning that there's some colourful language

in this podcast, so it might not be one to listen to with children around. Right, now

that's out of the way. I hope you enjoy the show.

The new generation, they can't consume the level of alcohol that I did and play to that

level. It's just not done now. My experience, most of the people that we're getting,

if they're current players, then it's gambling addiction.

Gambling addiction is the one that's pretty much epidemic in professional football.

Hello, my name's Briny Gordon and I want to welcome you to this special series of

Mad World. And I say special series because it covers a subject I know all too well.

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. 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 to bring you a series of honest conversations about addiction. Be

that to alcohol, drugs, gambling or something else. We're slowly breaking down the stigma

of discussing mental health but addiction still sadly remains to be. 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.

As a lifelong Arsenal supporter, I'm a bit excited about today's guests. He's one of

the team's most legendary players, patterning them in three separate decades and through

one of their most successful periods. But he is also an alcoholic and he has done as

much in his career to challenge the stigma around addiction as he has to win titles for

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