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Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts

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.

Radio 5 Live,27 episodes

Episodes

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Celebrating Visible Recovery
In the final episode, Melissa and Jade speak about celebrating visible recovery.
07 Oct 2020,49 mins
Codependency
Melissa and Jade look at codependency and how it can affect addiction.
30 Sep 2020,44 mins,
Sex and porn addiction
Melissa and Jade explore the misconceptions around sex and porn addiction.
22 Sep 2020,50 mins,
Routes To Recovery
Melissa and Jade explore different ways people achieve recovery.
09 Sep 2020,55 mins,
Gaming
Melissa and Jade learn about gaming addiction and how it can be treated.
02 Sep 2020,43 mins
Cultural Barriers
Melissa and Jade hear about cultural barriers that can be faced in addiction and recovery
26 Aug 2020,41 mins,
Mental health
Melissa and Jade talk about managing mental health and addiction.
19 Aug 2020,54 mins,
Social Media
Melissa and Jade talk about social media usage and how it can become problematic.
12 Aug 2020,50 mins,
Relapse
Melissa and Jade talk about what can lead to a relapse and the help that is available.
05 Aug 2020,41 mins,
Lockdown
Back for a second series, Melissa and Jade talk about how recovery has been in lockdown.
29 Jul 2020,44 mins,
Your Stories
Melissa and Jade hear some of your stories that you've shared with Hooked.
11 Mar 2020,44 mins,
Children of Addicts
Melissa and Jade speak to Josh Connolly about being a child of an addict.
04 Mar 2020,42 mins,
Employment
Discussing the problems that arise in employment due to active addiction and recovery.
26 Feb 2020,39 mins
Drugs in prisons
Melissa and Jade speak to Viv, a former prisoner who talks about drug use in prisons.
19 Feb 2020,30 mins,
Chemsex
Melissa and Jade learn about chemsex from a former addict.
12 Feb 2020,29 mins,
Prescription drugs
Melissa and Jade speak to Nicki who was addicted to prescription drugs for 20 years.
05 Feb 2020,37 mins
Sober Christmas
Melissa and Jade talk about what Christmas is like for them in recovery.
18 Dec 2019,38 mins,
Sober dating
Melissa and Jade talk about what it's like to start dating after you get clean and sober.
11 Dec 2019,35 mins,
Friends and Family
We hear about how the girls' addictions affected their friends and family.
04 Dec 2019,53 mins,
What do you do for fun?
DJ Fat Tony talks to the girls about misconceptions people have about recovering addicts.
27 Nov 2019,43 mins,
Food addiction
Jade and Melissa speak to a woman who has had food addiction since she was a child.
20 Nov 2019,36 mins,
Rehab
Melissa and Jade talk about their time in rehab and how to access help.
13 Nov 2019,39 mins,
Gambling
Former footballer Tony Adams talks to Melissa and Jade about setting up Sporting Chance.
06 Nov 2019,47 mins,
Why don’t you just stop?
Jade and Melissa talk about control vs abstinence and how addiction progresses.
30 Oct 2019,46 mins,
Addiction: a disease or is it self-inflicted?
TV host Richard Bacon joins the girls to talk about his experience of alcohol and drugs.
23 Oct 2019,39 mins,
The Rock Bottom
Melissa and Jade talk about how hitting the rock bottom was the start of their recovery.
16 Oct 2019,50 mins,
Hooked: the preview
Drink, drugs, addiction: it can happen to anyone. Incredible highs to rock bottom lows.
07 Oct 2019,3 mins,