On the Rocks. Memoir of a High- Functioning Alcoholic with Thando Pato

 Thando Pato is a guest on this episode of The Podcast.  She shares with   Nongcebo Vukile McKenzie   her journey to sobriety which is the subject of her book 'On the Rocks Memoir of a High- Functioning Alcoholic'

"Thirty-nine-year-old Thando is living in total denial about her drinking. On the surface her life looks aspirational – great job, apartment, snazzy car. But behind the façade she harbours a dark and shameful secret – she can’t control her drinking. To the outside world she looks like a woman who loves having fun, always with a glass of wine in her hand. But alone at home, she’s knocking back a bottle or two a night under the guise of ‘unwinding’. It’s not until she takes a year long break from booze, that she's forced to confront her crippling anxiety and  depression, which now have taken a toll on her high-powered career. She returns to drinking thinking that she can moderate until life takes a cruel twist and she’s diagnosed with breast cancer. For the next two years she chronicles her addiction as she spirals out of control before calling it quits just before lockdown in March 2020. The road to recovery is brutal as she appears to be the only one sober in the midst of a pandemic." NB Publishers

Technical Editing : Sibusiso 'Dust' Nkosi
Studio: United Rhythms Studio
Host: Nongcebo Vukile McKenzie

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