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Sort Your Head Out
- Author
- Sam Delaney
- Narrator
- Sam Delaney
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 9 February 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'A great, motivating book that can really help - every bloke should read it' SHAUN RYDER
Sam Delaney was Jack the Lad. He was confident, loud and funny; an absolute legend, to be honest. Or at least that was what he pretended to be.
But when he reached his thirties, work, relationships and fatherhood started to take their toll. Like so many blokes who seemed to be totally fine, he often felt like a complete failure whose life was out of control; anxiety and depression had secretly plagued him for years. Turning to drink and drugs only made things worse. Sam knew he needed help - the problem was that he thought self-help was for hippies, sobriety was for weirdos and therapy was for neurotics.
Keeping it all inside was what nearly dragged Sam under. Then he began to open up and share his story with others. Soon his life started to get better and better. Now, he's written this book to help you do the same.
Covering his complex upbringing, fast paced career, struggles with addiction and recovery, and detailing lessons he's learnt along the way, Sort Your Head Out is Sam's startlingly raw, compassionate and hilarious account of why opening up is the first step to sorting your head out.
Critics Review
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This is a great book, and an important one. It's the one I would give to any friend who I observed struggling with those issues, as it's written in a genuinely human way, devoid of psychobabble, moralizing, victimhood embracing and judgement. It comes from a place of hard-won experience, told with total honesty. It will do more than just save lives, it will help those saved lives feel like they're genuinely worth living
Irvine Welsh
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An honest, funny account of how we're all capable of changing for the better
Seth Meyers
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This book tells it like it is in an honest and down to earth way that men who find it hard to talk about mental health will be able to relate to easily. Sam really knows his stuff on this subject and is very frank about his struggles. A great, motivating book that can really help - every bloke should read it
Shaun Ryder
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A brave, vital and necessary book
John Niven
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A funny, wise and above all valuable book. An arm around your shoulder from your next best friend
Danny Wallace
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Finally, a book on mental health that strikes the right note
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This book is fantastic and could be such a great force for good in the world. Sam's reading of it adds to the whole relatability of his experiences too
Ruth Jones
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Details
- Author
- Sam Delaney
- Narrator
- Sam Delaney
- Duration
- 6 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 February 2023
- ISBN
- 9781405554350
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Autobiography: general, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics
Synopsis
'An honest, funny account of how we're all capable of changing for the better' SETH MEYERS'A great, motivating book that can really help - every bloke should read it' SHAUN RYDERSam Delaney was Jack the Lad. He was confident, loud and funny; an absolute legend, to be honest. Or at least that was what he pretended to be.But when he reached his thirties, work, relationships and fatherhood started to take their toll. Like so many blokes who seemed to be totally fine, he often felt like a complete failure whose life was out of control; anxiety and depression had secretly plagued him for years. Turning to drink and drugs only made things worse. Sam knew he needed help - the problem was that he thought self-help was for hippies, sobriety was for weirdos and therapy was for neurotics.Keeping it all inside was what nearly dragged Sam under. Then he began to open up and share his story with others. Soon his life started to get better and better. Now, he's written this book to help you do the same.Covering his complex upbringing, fast paced career, struggles with addiction and recovery, and detailing lessons he's learnt along the way, Sort Your Head Out is Sam's startlingly raw, compassionate and hilarious account of why opening up is the first step to sorting your head out.
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