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Matt Willis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1263 total appearances

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On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

yeah there's always one person who will be because every single person was up for it for a massive night and that's a good way to hide because because then no one's seeing every night and we're seeing one night out of four one out of five yeah no one knew and they just honestly it was all it was all put down to like they're just lads on tour for many many years and it's quite interesting because on that side like the massive caning side

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

which generally I did get away with, but like sort of maybe once every year, every six months, something fucking awful would happen.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

Something potentially life-changing.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

But for the grace of God.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

didn't yeah like i didn't die you know and and that happened like from when i was like this is where i knew i had a problem because i for even from the age of from 18 to 41 when i stopped at least there would be something horrendous that happened once a year like i fell off the balcony of hammersmith palais you know literally all the way like clubs i fell down steps you know i got beaten up so many times for just being a drunken idiot in the wrong place wrong time you know

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

I once woke up, my bad things was like,

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

I would go to bed and then sleepwalk drunk, trying to go to the toilet, and then I would wake up in weird places.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

So I woke up in an alleyway in Glasgow, like a mile away from the hotel, just in my boxer shorts.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

I once woke up in a house I'd broken into to go to bed.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

Really?

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

Because I couldn't find the hotel.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

I was like, where?

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

what have I done now fortunately I think we were abroad it was like Gibraltar I can't even remember where it was it was a big night and sort of opened the door like there was no one I think it might have been an Airbnb I have no recollection of how I got there I came out and the hotel was across the road so I couldn't even see there which is a funny story but actually it could have been that could be breaking in prison cell in fucking Spain totally

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

Yeah, or I could have died so many times.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

There are so many things where if it had gone the other way, it would have changed my life forever.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

And probably five or six occasions where I was lucky not to die.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

And the thing is, it was all laughed off as Roy loves a drink.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

He's such a laugh.

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

But if you were like to take those odds...

On The Mend
Roy Stride (Scouting for Girls) Admits Alcohol Problem, Anxiety and Recovery Journey

anywhere else.