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Welcome to Back from the Brink - a brand new Daily Mirror podcast all about life… and nearly losing it.
In this series, Cecilia Adamou talks to extraordinary people who all have one thing in common - a profound and life-altering, near death experience. During the course of the series, you will hear a range of fascinating stories from a group of incredible survivors. You will hear from a man in crisis, who with nowhere else to turn, found himself facing a jump that would end it all. A young and aspiring journalist, stopped dead in her tracks by the deadly Covid virus, forced to abandon her dreams and fight for her life. A father who simply set out to change his habits, but a disastrous accident flipped his world upside down. A mother, enjoying the hubbub of everyday life, the victim of a horrifying accident that would play out in front of those who love her the most. You will hear the story of a woman who turned to alcohol, and found herself falling down a dark and self-destructive hole that she thought she may never be able to escape. And a photographer, who while on a job in a volatile and war-torn country, was caught in an explosion that altered his body and everything he knew.
These are amazing people with amazing stories and together, we can share with you positive conversations about life and the importance of living it. Back from the Brink is a Reach Studio production, presented by Cecilia Adamou and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
In this series, Cecilia Adamou talks to extraordinary people who all have one thing in common - a profound and life-altering, near death experience. During the course of the series, you will hear a range of fascinating stories from a group of incredible survivors. You will hear from a man in crisis, who with nowhere else to turn, found himself facing a jump that would end it all. A young and aspiring journalist, stopped dead in her tracks by the deadly Covid virus, forced to abandon her dreams and fight for her life. A father who simply set out to change his habits, but a disastrous accident flipped his world upside down. A mother, enjoying the hubbub of everyday life, the victim of a horrifying accident that would play out in front of those who love her the most. You will hear the story of a woman who turned to alcohol, and found herself falling down a dark and self-destructive hole that she thought she may never be able to escape. And a photographer, who while on a job in a volatile and war-torn country, was caught in an explosion that altered his body and everything he knew.
These are amazing people with amazing stories and together, we can share with you positive conversations about life and the importance of living it. Back from the Brink is a Reach Studio production, presented by Cecilia Adamou and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
43 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United Kingdom
9 episodes
since Sept. 2, 2024
episodic
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This episode contains discussions about mental health and suicide.
On a bitterly cold night in January, sitting on a bridge in London, Jonny Benjamin was prepared to take his life. After years of mental health struggles, and stay on a mental health ward, he had given up.
Thanks to the intervention …
After walking from a school assembly, joined by her husband and two young daughters, Claire Clark was struck by a motorcycle, and suffered a catastrophic brain injury.
The accident occurred just around the corner from their home, and she was rushed to the hospital via air ambulance. Claire underwen…
In 2010, whilst covering the war in Afghanistan, Phil Coburn was travelling in a US Marine armoured personnel carrier with his Mirror colleague Rupert Hamer. The vehicle was hit by a Taliban bomb attack, killing Rupert and a US Marine. Phil lost the lower part of his legs in the blast, and suffered…
As a photographer working for a newspaper, Phil Coburn said that he felt almost protected whilst covering the war in Afghanistan, comparing his camera to a shield.
However, the assignment for the Mirror photographer ended in life-changing injuries when, in 2010, a Taliban bomb attack resulted in Ph…
It is terrifying to accept death at any age, but at just 23, Zahra Khaliq had accepted that she was going to die after being hit by Covid, leaving her in excruciating pain.
Despite calling an ambulance seven times and screaming in agony whilst waiting at A&E, Zahra’s concerns about her health …
Susan Laurie shares her deeply personal struggle with alcohol dependence, vividly describing it as a dark shadow akin to the one from the film "Ghost".
She admits that her 40s were wiped out by alcohol, leaving her incredibly ill and close to death.
The author recounts her relentless battle against…
A father who simply set out to change his habits, but a disastrous accident flipped his world upside down...
In 2017, Rae Saleem became paralysed from the neck down following a cycling accident, and he was told that he would never walk again.
However, 18 months after the life-changing accident, thr…
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