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Ride–or Die Trying

A Life Before, During and After the Laughter

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Ride–or Die Trying

By: Paul Drayton
Narrated by: Paul Drayton
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A brutally honest and hilarious memoir about addiction recovery, fame-adjacent life and learning how to start again.

When Paul Drayton briefly finds himself in prison in 2022 after a dangerous driving conviction, he is forced to confront the truth about the life he has been living. What follows is a candid and deeply personal journey through addiction, relationships, identity and recovery.

From growing up in Sunderland to navigating London’s nightlife scene, falling in love with Alan Carr to discovering what it feels like to live beside fame without sharing the spotlight, Paul reflects on the highs, the chaos and the mistakes that shaped his life.

A late ADHD diagnosis at fifty and determined to rebuild his future, he begins the difficult process of understanding himself and creating a new chapter.

Honest, self-aware and funny, this is a memoir about accountability, resilience and the courage to start again.

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Paul is full of humility and warmth and his writing an antidote to the insincerity of social media.

Truthful and entertaining

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I’m sorry to say but it’s hard to like this author. I feel sorry for his past and the limelight he’s had but the whole book is woe is me and seems to take little responsibility for his actions. The biggest red flag is when he admits he gave Adele’s dog a kebab and let it drink pool water when she specifically said not to. If that was my pet I’d be furious.

Woe is me

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