'I used to be a happy drunk: I ain’t any more': Paul Gascoigne on alcohol addiction

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Paul Gascoigne has described himself as a 'sad drunk' in talking about the nature of his alcohol addiction, and revealed that he recently attended an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting. Gascoigne said on the High Performance podcast: "If I want to make it a bad day, I'll go in the pub ... I used to be a happy drunk: I ain’t any more, I'm a sad drunk … I don’t go out and drink, I'll drink indoors."
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@nikitakatenga1565 6 месяцев назад

As a recovering alcoholic, this really hit hard. All the best Gazza. You deserve to be happy, brother.

@VinnyCarwash-js8op 6 месяцев назад

@@ChickityChickenstill being selfish by drinking himself to death too

@andychatt23 6 месяцев назад

@@ChickityChickenMaybe it was for all the pleasure he brought to people through his talent, even those who have never achieved anything but sit in front of their keyboards and criticise!

@deejay5224 6 месяцев назад

@mikeandretti4778 we all have our fallibities. I don't drink, don't smoke, do drugs etc etc but regardless of how he got there, I wish him well not because he was a great player but simply because he's a human being going through a tough time.

@zzkiplington 6 месяцев назад

He’s a very fragile soul who needs a support network.Wishing him well.

@alexrobinson2281 6 месяцев назад

Top guy , Dunston’s best , canny lad ❤

@freespeech4023 4 месяца назад

As a irishman and I speak for a lot of us , I/ we wish Paul all the success and recovery , I will never forget Italia 90 , the Irish team and the English , what players they were .

@conorlydon6531 Месяц назад

It's interesting, even after playing for Rangers and the flute incident against Celtic, I absolutely love the guy.... wishing him the best too.

@dazronch5450 6 месяцев назад

I hope he can be happy in his life I will always love and respect Gazza he is my hero .

@oilyrag7429 6 месяцев назад

20 years sober and one of the first things in recovery I was taught was no poor old me s, stick with the heard Gazza, you just said going to a meeting gives you a buzz

@frankieryan2840 4 месяца назад

Gaza is solid gold so many of us can relate to this guy 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿peace and happiness in your life brother

@christinestockdale5768 4 месяца назад

Bless you you are trying to win the battle in your own way you were a great footballer with such talent you are a lovely man hope your life works out the way you want it to

@thetruth1167 2 месяца назад

I find alcoholism the strangest addiction

@gohumberto Месяц назад

It's a chemical, like all drugs. Certain chemicals affect certain people differently. One chemical addiction is no stranger than any other.

@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon Месяц назад

Yet it’s the most common 🤔 do some research son

@thetruth1167 Месяц назад

@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon Actually research shows coffee and nicotine are ahead of alcohol as an addiction in modern society, looks like you're the one that needs to brush up grandpa

@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon Месяц назад

@@thetruth1167 🤣 fair enough. You as confused about those addictions ?

@timhorrocks3515 6 дней назад

I love a few cans

@DonHalli 3 месяца назад

The man deserves some peace. A genius talent!

@johngilmore697 3 месяца назад

Sorry, that was just a noise. All I got there was "broken homes". And a broken home is not an excuse for evil.

@peteflint7281 4 месяца назад

Still a Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@northeast9162 6 месяцев назад

Gazza a real one

@nolickspittle4753 6 месяцев назад

Gaza you are loved and admired by the British people and further afield. It is a pity that when you rose to stardom the support wasn't there, as many others have likewise had to deal with.

@keybuckley 6 месяцев назад

I liked him much better wearing the Darth Vadar suit.

@derekreid9072 4 месяца назад

Me too, I like a bottle of wine indoors but hardly, and I mean hardly, go socialising.

@alexlogan202 3 месяца назад

What language is this in?

@michaelginger88 3 месяца назад

What language was this in ?

@petecernan2568 18 дней назад

Not sure but Raoul moat shot himself after listening to it

@anthonyharty1732 6 месяцев назад

Unfortunately he’s one of those people who will never give alcohol up. He hasn’t got the mental strength to do it. He’s tried and failed time and time again.

@SagaciousFrank 4 месяца назад

I feel sorry for him, he's clearly a very lonely and troubled chap, even more of a shame considering his brief time as a gifted attacking midfielder.

@cianog 6 месяцев назад

What has he done to himself?!

@ryanOGab 5 месяцев назад

Wrong Gaza

@MauriceCox-d9q 4 месяца назад

Where's all his hangers on, gone

@Baz87100 Месяц назад

He's not even 60 and he looks like he's on death's door. I don't think he'll live another 10 years.

@davidelliot7834 6 месяцев назад

Why isn't the interviewer bringing up his rapes?

@shazanali692 6 месяцев назад

What you mean

@spms3018 6 месяцев назад

It’s amazing the attention this guy gets despite his treatment of his former wife.

@johngreenhorn8853 6 месяцев назад

Looks ill

@Abse-b1f 6 месяцев назад

Maybe sevco will give him a hut to live in waste of talent and space 😡😡😡😡

@ChristopherCronin90s 5 месяцев назад

No sympathy for him, He’s always been a lost cause.

@christopherchristos7275 3 месяца назад

How thoughtful

@ChristopherCronin90s 3 месяца назад

@@christopherchristos7275 You drastically need to update your definition of ‘Thoughtful’

@laughinglikefuck297 6 месяцев назад

Couple of year left if that, sadly.

@SuperR160 6 месяцев назад

He doesn't look well at all. Poor guy has been tormented all his life. 😢

@JoshGraham-l4b 6 месяцев назад

Looks alright for his age

@Revolver1981 6 месяцев назад

He's overdone the Botox.

@ridgydidge925 5 месяцев назад

Looks like a sick man in his 70's

@TC8787-yq7og 6 месяцев назад

UK culture trivialises alcohol, binging and addiction. A horrid country for a recovering alcoholic- hopefully he can get clean.

@raywilson3166 6 месяцев назад

Exactly this.

@dogsbollocksgenius9480 6 месяцев назад

I only got sober when I moved abroad

@MikeLickorish 6 месяцев назад

Very true.

@itsallgood8347 5 месяцев назад

I only drink a little. I think I agree with you. But what exactly do you mean by trivialise? Just trying to understand your point better.

@user-bg8wo2pi8u 3 месяца назад

@@itsallgood8347 brushing it under the carpet essentially, we don't acknowledge the extent of it, most of us know at least 1 person who has an addiction but nothing happens about it

@xav9258 6 месяцев назад

Over 11 years without a drink, but in this cold, cruel world it's never easy...

@joeblogs-vx4ep 6 месяцев назад

Although I've never been a Alcoholic your words ring very true ...

@johnmoore9862 6 месяцев назад

Your words are very prophetic.

@KeithRobertson-h1h 6 месяцев назад

Well done, my best is 6 days, but I'm still trying, nobody understands the demons one goes through unless they have experienced it. I tip my hat off to ye.

@Golfingmadness18 6 месяцев назад

@user-yt5il3yi1z I totally understand, for the last 10 years I couldn't get past day 3, I tried over & over. It was a nightmare. I finally stopped on 1st December last year & in a few weeks I will be 4 months sober. What I learned is that there is a big difference wanting to quit & being ready to quit. Life is starting to feel beautiful again

@studas2011 4 месяца назад

Well done, you flipped the switch. I quit over 3 and a half years ago. I would like a drink every day, but it's not worth it and that keeps me away from it.

@dougreed2257 6 месяцев назад

Shocking how much he has physically changed😢

@redl1ght1 6 месяцев назад

You’d be amazed at how much the body can handle when it comes to booze

@OhGeeKush 6 месяцев назад

Mixing booze and coke for decades will take its toll

@redl1ght1 6 месяцев назад

@@OhGeeKush it will yet he still lives after all that punishment

@Sirwren50 6 месяцев назад

Drink what it can do to you

@alvarohigino 5 месяцев назад

He's 56 or 57 and looks like a 74 yo man.

@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp 6 месяцев назад

Such a nice bloke. No harm in him except towards himself. Such a shame.

@baldersn4474 4 месяца назад

How do you know that ? Who knows wgat yes been up too over the limit on drink amd drugs ?

@danielbliss8003 2 месяца назад

@@baldersn4474 it's always nice to judge people you dont know, bet your squeaky clean. Hopefully if you have times of hard ship others will treat you with the same kindness.

@annacorcoran6523 2 месяца назад

@@danielbliss8003exactly.❤ dont mind these trolls. Gazza is a legend ❤

@westynufc90 Месяц назад

@danielbliss8003 tell him Dan ffs

@Buddhavibez 6 месяцев назад

I’m watching a friend currently destroying himself with alcohol and it’s heartbreaking to witness. He’s a great human yet he has no will to live. I feel so helpless that I can’t do anything to help him

@Humvee369 6 месяцев назад

you can only keep reminding him you have his back, and you will be there to support him when he is ready to consider help.

@calum1741 6 месяцев назад

How much is your friend drinking?

@kdlofty 6 месяцев назад

I'm in exactly the same position as you bud, so you've got my sympathy.

@emiliobertoncini1083 6 месяцев назад

You most likely caused it

@joeblogs-vx4ep 6 месяцев назад

You could try praying for him Saint Jude is the patron Saint of difficult hopeless impossible cases ..

@vilamor007 6 месяцев назад

From a superstar to a ordinary man, all his so called friends bled him dry, I hope Paul's life gets better for him,he was a genius footballer 💪💪💪

@CleanNOTSerene 6 месяцев назад

The thing is addicts will bleed you dry mentally emotionally spiritually financially so at some point people withdraw to save themselves.

@jmo8934 6 месяцев назад

I’m amazed he’s still alive.

@nicolelochren9560 6 месяцев назад

You can tell he wants to be free of this demon and he’s looking for help and support.❤he can do it .

@douglasharley2440 6 месяцев назад

lol, doesn't sound like that to to me!...dude keeps talking about going to the pub as no problem/etc., but it clearly _is_ a problem! *a big problem.* 😒

@CHRIS-ky5ku 6 месяцев назад

@@douglasharley2440He usually goes many months without having a drink, unfortunately he falls off the wagon every so often which is a problem he still has.

@douglasharley2440 6 месяцев назад

@@CHRIS-ky5ku lol, still sounds like a big problem, to me!...i guarantee that when dude is lying on his deathbed he ain't gonna wish he'd done more drinking, he's gonna wish he did LESS.

@CHRIS-ky5ku 6 месяцев назад

@douglasharley2440 It is a problem because everytime he does it it's a step back, but the fact he might go 6 or 7 months at a time without drinking means that in reality he probably drinks less than most.

@johnmoore9862 6 месяцев назад

I wish him all the best, in my opinion he was the most naturally gifted English footballer ever….. including Sir Stanley Matthews.

@SH66667 6 месяцев назад

Buy gazza a cup of tea instead, anybody buying him a alcohol is killing him

@terenceflynn5974 6 месяцев назад

Keep going Paul 💪

@Peter-tt3ke 3 месяца назад

He's top !

@darrenmirfin8737 6 месяцев назад

Fellow recovering Alkie here, just want to say we love you Gazza. That short interview with such honrsty and humility helped me today. Thanks my brother

@sugarcan1110 6 месяцев назад

Every time I talked about the alcoholism I wanted to drink

@mjh5437 Месяц назад

Me too,stopped going to AA and stayed clean without for 16 years now.

@JohnBlundell-n3w 6 месяцев назад

As an addict and in recovery for 20 years I feel his pain .no one should ever judge. ❤

@terryduckworth5105 6 месяцев назад

It’s hard man !!!!! On and off the wagon

@KarlNorris-en5si 6 месяцев назад

Same as George best had a new liver given him and then carried on drinking that was a wasted life and insulting to the dead who gave him that life 😢

@KryptonitetoallBS 6 месяцев назад

Addicts don't think that way. Their only thought is about the next drink or fix!

@gohumberto Месяц назад

Neither Gazza nor George Best actually wanted to drink themselves to destruction. Addiction is repeating a self-destructive action that you don't want to repeat. I don't think non-addicts can comment meaningfully on the subject. It's like telling someone with depression to "Cheer up".

@kylesanders3502 6 месяцев назад

Wait till poor Gazza loses the fight. They will all come out of the woodwork. Lineker will be ‘leading tributes’ of course. Getting some free airtime from ‘that photo’. Cant stand him!

@philcarson6731 4 месяца назад

He has helped Gaza on numerous occasions ..just because you don't agree with his politics you made this comment

@LTFC1964 4 месяца назад

I heard Lineker actually paid for him to have rehab, so his heart is in the right place even if his views and comments are sometimes not welcome.

@philcarson6731 4 месяца назад

@@LTFC1964 correct

@NicolasValentinScotland 6 месяцев назад

I cooked paul Gascoigne dinner once in Glasgow high luxury princess’s square and I remember he came to the food hatch and thanks for the food . He played for rangers and for his free time he use to go fly fishing . I am 4 years older than Paul and never earned high salary in my life but I only drink once a week and also kayak fish every week . I probably look 10 years younger than Paul and I am certainly much fitter than the man himself . All this because of the drink . Drinking is a bad habit , need to stop at some point . All the best Paul , you still have days in your life , do the right thing , stop drinking .

@strickostricko 6 месяцев назад

It’s not about you Nicolas, have some compassion for goodness sake!

@k.avilla8061 6 месяцев назад

@@strickostricko I think you're being a bit harsh here. The man mentioned that Gazza was down to earth enough to thank him for his food and then gave some advice on the problems that drink can cause. He then wished Paul all the best. That does not strike me as being 'about him' or 'lacking compassion', just his opinion about the merits of living a life of moderation. Get over yourself.

@jb9433 6 месяцев назад

An odd post.

@andnowi 6 месяцев назад

@@strickostricko i suppose you have to go with your gut, but i myself got no kind of bad vibe from the comment, in fact the opposite

@NicolasValentinScotland 6 месяцев назад

@@k.avilla8061 exactly. It's a shame to see talented people and loved people going to waste with drinks.

@pendafen7405 6 месяцев назад

This is easily Jack Grealish's future, if he doesn't admit he's got problems, get help and take it seriously before he's 35.

@brenb70 6 месяцев назад

Why what happens at 35?

@maltlickytexas 6 месяцев назад

@@brenb70At 35, you’re officially declared as being old.😂

@WINKS50 3 месяца назад

Step 1

@mcfch9625 Месяц назад

Clearly not.

@GTF85 26 дней назад

Jack Grealish hasn’t come from the background Gazza has to be fair so as much as he enjoys socialising etc he’ll be alright in the end

@onlygazza 6 месяцев назад

The media built him up then enjoyed destroying him, I wish him well cos he has done no harm to anyone only himself !

@Hagg-o-tron 3 месяца назад

Well apart from that domestic violence...

@budte 6 месяцев назад

I had my last drink in 1982. Sobriety is not for people who could benefit from it. It's for people who want it, for whatever reason. I never met anyone who stopped drinking because they were having a great time. There is no problem or difficulty that a drink couldn't make worse for me.

@ignaciogodoy7095 4 месяца назад

You are right, normally, not always, the people who don’t drink is a recover alcoholic

@kaisersossaa 3 месяца назад

The very blessed get sober young and dont waste the prime years of their lives, i didn't get sober until 60, many more regrets at that age.

@muradtalukdar4401 2 месяца назад

The country as a whole has battled this for hundreds of years. Ever since the Temperance Movement tried to ban alcohol in England in the 19th century,there have been individualsand organisations trying to lessen alcohol's impact on British society. The crossroads of class, law, morality and health often ended up hurting the working classes the most, whatever the method or outcome. The generational impact continues.

@RickyRyan718 6 месяцев назад

Looks late 60’s, what a shame people over indulge in the bad things in life.

@gwidonpopielski2885 4 месяца назад

Britain decided to go left after the war. Now is paying the price.

@lisacomber7771 6 месяцев назад

He’s only 56 that’s what the demon drink does to ya 😢

@shazanali692 6 месяцев назад

He should do a alcohol awareness in schools, look at me when I was 22. Playing for my country, look at me now.

@lisacomber7771 6 месяцев назад

@@shazanali692 I totally agree .

@Chris1553 6 месяцев назад

The proof if anybody needs it that footballers arn't very bright !

@bosmanj 6 месяцев назад

Content lured me in until I noticed Jake Humphrey

@strickostricko 6 месяцев назад

Too true. Awful bloke

@knabzco 6 месяцев назад

What a mess.

@colmjulian5257 6 месяцев назад

Bumpy crashing down to earth

@lesleyhumphreysjones5957 6 месяцев назад

I'm currently sober, it's a cruel addiction and alcohol is everywhere, people selling poison in a bottle or a can.

@uksilverstacker413 6 месяцев назад

Sounds like a you problem.

@lesleyhumphreysjones5957 6 месяцев назад

@@uksilverstacker413 ignorance is every where, you know nothing.

@voiletwhitehorse 6 месяцев назад

@uksilverstacker413 still poison ,who would want to drink ethanol

@christopherchristos7275 3 месяца назад

@@uksilverstacker413Troll off with your embarrassing comments 😊

@mast3rchief536 3 месяца назад

Even in super markets it’s cheaper to buy beer than fruit and veg.

@kawaing100 2 месяца назад

He is 57...but looks 80.. Alcohol & cigar age you 10 times faster

@happyclappyslappy 6 месяцев назад

The best way to drink is indoors but being online can be a pain lol. I'm a heavy drinker I've been to hundreds of meetings and phoned up AA loads. A lot of alcoholics are single because we choose to be and that is our downfall. I think it makes us bad people because we choose drink over massive societal pressure.

@derekreid9072 4 месяца назад

At least your honest, and tackling it

@phuketprivateisland441 3 месяца назад

Fair comment Steven. It was once a choice, but maybe got out of hand. But there is still a choice...to go to rehab and deal with those underlying reasons of why you "self medicate" with alcohol. I hope you make the right choice one day, Steven. I wish you the very best.

@qed456 4 месяца назад

I am 405 days sober

@callesierra 4 месяца назад

“ pick up a drink to cheer myself up”. The consequences are catastrophic.

@Algolxxxxxx 6 месяцев назад

Who says drink is bad for you? He's aged so well doesn't look a day over 30.

@BigDuke6ixx 6 месяцев назад

He doesn't look a day older than Peter Reid

@Stuart-r9f 6 месяцев назад

He looks awful 😮 poor man

@wontbelongnow5567 6 месяцев назад

Looking worse because all the botox injections.

@Boilingfrogg 6 месяцев назад

Love you gaz. Don't talk to the guardian. They don't give two bleeps about the likes of you or us.

@philcarson6731 4 месяца назад

And the daily mail or sun does ?

@christopherchristos7275 3 месяца назад

@philcarson6731 Where did they say that?

@enigma7791 6 месяцев назад

He looks 70 tbh. The ravages of drink.

@juliefaulkner5497 6 месяцев назад

Drink ages people, my dad was such a handsome man, a Paul Newman look-a-like, by 60 he looked 90 due to drink, is a terrible curse.

@enigma7791 6 месяцев назад

@@juliefaulkner5497 Yeah it's everything else that surrounds the drinking as well. They stop looking after themselves, they don't get any exercise, they don't care for their appearance and the body stops absorbing nutrients. Seen it so many times and they all end up looking the same, this bloated hair thinning unhealthy waxy like look.

@braders96 4 месяца назад

Never really faced addiction. Bad habits yes, but I can never understand how people can be addicted to alcohol and drugs. I guess only the person suffering can truely know the reasons why.

@Dragon-ic2mt 12 дней назад

Same here.., but I think it’s used as an escape

@tonywharton5220 6 месяцев назад

Bless him. Money and fame did this to him ✌️

@danielbliss8003 4 месяца назад

Been in recovery 19 years now, I sometimes tell people that I was like Gazza but without the footballing talent. I wish him all the best I hope that he's had his last drink. 🤞🏻🙏🏻

@sparrowhawk3216 5 месяцев назад

he looks like ozzy osbourne

@lonerblader85 Месяц назад

Seems like a lovely bloke

@jiblet46 6 месяцев назад

He’s got 2 years tops.

@woody_6666 3 месяца назад

He looks really really old.

@simeonselmon8318 6 месяцев назад

He looks about 90 years old

@drumheed 4 месяца назад

everyone rooting for you gazza

@reetpateet8656 6 месяцев назад

OMG! I am truly shocked at how he looks! Such a shame!

@shauncorless8965 6 месяцев назад

He needs a hobby ,,,go out and catch a big salmon that'll cheer u up ,,😊

@stephenparslow7964 6 месяцев назад

World class is used to frequently these days, Paul was truly world class. COYS. Stay well fella.

@Mary-po4ti 6 месяцев назад

Keep being positive, Paul. Hard as it may be. We love you ❤

@Holy000 3 месяца назад

He hasnt learned at all though bless him! Hes lost every round so far, tried meetings goes for quick buzz! Hes prob had few b4 interview n cheeky line, u can tell! What a shame!

@johnnyp4081 2 месяца назад

Sadly going the same way as George Best. Was in his company once, was obviously on something, refused autographs and generally made a complete fool of himself. Lost a lot of respect that night.