12-step programme can help everyone says Russell Brand

Initially created to combat alcoholism, the 12-step programme can help everyone according to Russell Brand’s new book, writes Suzanne Harrington

IN 2002, a heroin and crack addicted alcoholic sex addict with food issues stumbled into 12 step abstinence-based recovery.

In recovery, he starred in Hollywood movies and married a famous pop star, but the longer he practiced the 12 steps, the more hollow and meaningless fame and glamour became to him. He divorced the pop star, (Katy Perry — by text), quit the movie business, and went to live in the English countryside, where he and his second wife recently had their first child, and where he has just written a book about how the 12 steps work. He is the comedian/author/activist Russell Brand. You’ve probably heard of him.