#29 Back from the Edge: mental health & addiction in sport with ex-cricket pro Luke Sutton

FEB 24, 202059 MIN
'The Gift' of Resilience, Calm & Joy

#29 Back from the Edge: mental health & addiction in sport with ex-cricket pro Luke Sutton

FEB 24, 202059 MIN

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<p>Luke Sutton<strong> </strong>was a professional cricket player for over 15 years, captaining Derbyshire CCC &amp; also playing for Somerset CCC &amp; Lancashire CCC with the likes of Jimmy Anderson &amp; Freddie Flintoff.&nbsp;Luke is now a successful businessman &amp; agent to sporting stars such as Sam Quek, Nile Wilson &amp; James Taylor, but his life didn’t always look so positive.&nbsp;</p> <p>Luke's recent book '<em>Back from the Edge’&nbsp;</em>revealed&nbsp;the huge ups &amp; major downs that a professional career in sport can bring – &amp; the mental health &amp; addition difficulties, especially with alcohol, that plagued him along the way.&nbsp;</p> <p>During his poignant, amusing &amp; telling chat with The Gift podcast host, Tim Wotton, Luke is brutally but refreshingly honest about the moment he&nbsp;hit rock bottom, how he got there and, importantly, how he found his way out of the biggest hole of his life.</p> <p>Luke can be found as his name on LinkedIn, Facebook &amp; Twitter.</p> <p>Find out more about how Tim Wotton has cheated death his whole life at <a href="http://www.timwotton.com/" target="_blank">http://www.timwotton.com</a> or @timwotton on Twitter.</p>