Live with Alastair Campbell: Tackling Depression, Relationship with Alcohol & Life-Changing Choices

We were thrilled to interview Alastair Campbell on Wednesday, 8th May, at the City of London Club to raise awareness for mental health and support two incredible charities: The Charlie Watkins Foundation and The Nick Kilhams Foundation.
Over 160 attendees joined us for an inspiring conversation. We delved into Alastair's relationship with alcohol, his journey with mental health, and his coping mechanisms, including the unwavering support from his wife.
With Mental Health Awareness Week upon us, this discussion couldn't be more timely. A huge thank you to Alastair for his candid and engaging conversation.
This episode is sponsored by Convex and Gallagher Re.
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[@terrymann1341]

Having suffered with mental health issues, particularly clinical depression, I have the utmost respect for people like Alastair Campbell, Stephen Fry and Ruby Wax who speak out about their own struggles with mental health. I find it hard to talk about what I went through outside of family and close friends, but what they do is something that can be positive and helpful to people like myself, and to help those never touched by mental health issues to have a better understanding of these conditions.

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Delighted you found the episode beneficial & insightful 🙌🏼

[@paulief3817]

Alastair's brother Donald was a lovely man. He was the piper at my graduation ceremony at Glasgow University and I later got to know him when I began work in the library. He worked in security in the library and would greet you by name with a smile or a wink when you seen him. You could see his military past in the way he walked and his very shiny shoes. It always brightened the atmosphere when he came into our department, always singing or whistling. He was very much missed when he left the library and is fondly remembered by the older members of staff.

[@Heavyheadinternation]

Man who’s spent his life being not a very nice person suffers with depression, colour me shocked.

[@swimmad456]

I have suffered bouts of depression and anxiety on and off since I was eleven. Despite this, I have not taken a wrecking ball to this great country's institutions or demographic profile, sided with foreign institutions against the democratic wishes of the British people or involved this nation in a pointless war on false pretences that cost thousands of innocent lives. My own diagnoses of your condition is that you are a complete w⚓Alastair

[@lechenaultia5863]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Oliver-b7j]

Spot on

[@jonesyjones7626]

Is this a justification for the bullying behaviour he has conducted all his life?

[@hecateswolf6007]

Am I supposed to be sorry for this mass murderer? IDGAF, he ought to be in prison for what he did, his lies led to a devastating war that killed over a million people FFS

[@gianunangelo]

Alastair Campbell I Quote (His words) ‘’the battle between DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY is that…these guys in the AUTOCRACIES
at least they can get things done quickly because there not HIDEBOUND by these very slow POLITICAL PROCESSES’’
SINCE he prefers AUTOCRACY to DEMOCRACY. He able to go and live in CHINA and then there’s RUSSIA and many ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.

[@gianunangelo]

Alastair Campbell .
I Quote (His Words) ‘’the battle between Democracy and Autocracy is that…. these guys in the AUTOCRACIES at least they can get things done quickly because they’re not HIDEBOUND by these very slow Political Processes’’.
Since He prefers AUTOCRACY to DEMOCRACY, There are MANY Autocracy’s where he can go and live there’s CHINA and RUSSIA or any of the ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.

[@lechenaultia5863]

Alistair Campbell's axiety and depression are smokescreens for his arrogance, misogyny and lies. And Iraq.

[@Feelingawesome0]

Guilt and shame for his Blair days?

[@andys2856]

Exactly

[@lowland1]

It is possible that schizophrenia/depression can be caused by over or under methylation, so the genes do not communicate as they should do and can be possibly helped with certain supplementation

[@pippipster6767]

Schizophrenia and depression have nothing to do with each other.

[@lowland1]

I know. I did not say that they did!@@pippipster6767

[@frankclements1431]

too many words, too little message

[@psyskeptic9979]

Campbell perhaps had too much power given these mental health problems. Nevertheless, this is interesting.

[@trespasscomplex]

Ridiculous thing to say

[@schofield4836]

Agree, way too much power!

[@mrsthatcher9815]

agreed

[@mrsthatcher9815]

dry drunk