Melinda ferguson smacked down

Tribe Sober – Inspiring an Alcohol-free Life!

My guest this week has an extraordinary story of recovery to share – she’s gone from a homeless heroin addict living on the streets of Jo’burg to a highly respected public figure here in SA.  Melinda Ferguson is an award-winning South African journalist and author of bestselling memoirs Smacked, Hooked and Crashed.

She is also a publisher and runs writing courses to help people find their voice.

In this Episode

• Growing up in an alcoholic household, Melinda took to booze at an early age – describing it as a “piece of heaven”.
• As she got older, she rejected alcohol as she hated to see her mother drinking so turned towards hard drugs, taking her first hit of heroin at the age of 24.
• As a film maker she managed to stay relatively functional for a couple of years – she always had it in mind that she would be able to stop whenever she wanted to.
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