About the Author

Bryony Gordon writes a column in the Daily Mail and is the host of the podcast The Life of Bryony. She previously wrote for the Telegraph for twenty-three years, becoming one of the paper's best loved writers, and hosted the Mad World podcast. She is the author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers and Mad Woman, plus the Sunday Times Number One bestsellers You Got This and Mad Girl, which were both nominated for British Book Awards. In 2016 she founded Mental Health Mates, now a global peer support network which encourages people with mental health issues to connect and get out of the house. In 2017 she won the MIND Making A Difference Award for her work in changing the perception of mental health in the media. In 2018 she ran the London Marathon in her underwear. In 2020, she won the Journalists' Charity Award from the Society of Editors for mental health campaigning, and in 2023 she was a recipient of the Royal College of Psychiatrists President's Medal for improving the lives of people with mental illness.She lives in South London with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

Bryony Gordon is a terrific, compassionate writer whose razor-sharp honesty slices through every sentence of this compelling memoir.
*Liz Day*

Poetic, raw and very important.
*Fearne Cotton*

It is my favourite of Bryony's books.
*Dolly Alderton*

This book will make us all kinder, brighter and better.
*Daisy Buchanan*

This is a book that tears down walls. It will make sobriety attractive and accessible in a way it never has before.
*Marian Keyes*

Brutally honest
*Daily Mail*

Gordon's new book is a frank, sometimes wince-inducing and often very funny look at her 20-year relationship with booze.
*INews*

Bryony Gordon has penned a compelling, candid sobriety memoir
*Independent*

An unflinching memoir... harrowing but ultimately hopeful, this is essential reading.
*Red*

[Bryony Gordon] has now charted the whole journey through her through alcoholism and subsequent recovery in her no-holds-barred new book.
*Press Association*

This very readable book is a crucial reminder that change - of any kind - isn't going to happen with a quick fix but that sometimes it can truly hurt and undo us but that there is a way out of the darkest places.
*Stylist*

honest and courageous... a message of hope and encouragement to others facing similar battles.
*PA*

Glorious Rock Bottom tells how bone-suckingly hungry Bryony Gordon is for sobriety, how hard (and expensive) it is to get there, and what a wonderful place it turns out to be.
*iNews*

Made me laugh, cry and cringe.
*The Scots Magazine*

Alcohol, drugs and outrageous behaviour. . . This is how bad habits can change your life - and it is a great read
*Financial Adviser*