Will Young: My Brother's Alcoholism

Will Young: My Brother's Alcoholism | Channel 4

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Singer Will Young lived with his twin's alcoholism for over 20 years, until Rupert died in 2020. Will's shockingly honest and moving film explores the pain and drama of a loved one's addiction.
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@alisonalibongo3177 Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss. My twin brother ended his life when we were 35. My dad when we were 29 & my mum when we were 32. Miss them everyday 🕊️💫🤍

@bmg2507 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was a humbling documentary. Brave to have helped him so much at his worst and to be mature for Will to not blame himself. Alcoholism is a real brain disease and not a moral weakness of character. The complex and conflicted emotions were important to see. I survived an alcoholic in long term relationship and this was a brave and very honest documentary. Very helpful

@karlatkinson4397 Жыл бұрын

Very sad and very emotional. I never realised what the Young family went through dealing with an alcoholic in the family or any family for that matter. Such a shame Rupert didn't make it.

@johncalderwood1 8 ай бұрын

I have anxiety and depression and I’m struggling with booze, it’s hard…. I’m really starting to feel a new level of admiration for will young

@AurumEtAes 6 күн бұрын

Having had a family member who was not only an alcoholic but paranoid schizophrenic, you feel like you can’t blame them for their behaviour as there’s always an element of diminished responsibility. But my god it was hard. Trying to rescue someone so physically and emotionally destructive, who either wants to isolate themselves or when forced out of that (once both his parents had died and the family home was gone back to the council) gravitates to the company of other addicts who take advantage of and steal from him. In the end his body was so destroyed that a somewhat premature death was inevitable, somehow (honestly quite inexplicably) he lived far far longer than Will’s brother, but in a really terrible physical state that was just desperately cruel and sad to witness. Being in “rescue mode” for someone who won’t be rescued loudly struck a chord with me. I think Will Young was put through a hell of a lot because of his relationship with his twin brother. ALL of the focus is on the family member who is struggling, right up until the funeral. It’s not wrong to talk about how their chaos devastated the rest of a family.

@DuncanFletcher-vi9wu 2 ай бұрын

Anxiety and depression is what you grow up with as an addict. Way before you touch your first drink or drug.

@kellie5476 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a rough area, I've seen a lot of heroin, crack and alcohol addicts but it's actually alcohol that's claimed the most lives (of people who were only in their forties) I really feel for Will and his family and I'm sorry for their loss.

@charlottetaylor4471 2 жыл бұрын

Not all traumatised people are addicts, but all addicts are traumatised people. Addiction is used as a coping mechanism for (severe) emotional/psychological pain.

@charlottetaylor4471 2 жыл бұрын

Alcohol is one of the worst, most damaging drugs but because it's legal, people think it's ok and they look down on people who use illegal drugs. If you drink alcohol, you take drugs (people tend not to like hearing that.)

@kellie5476 2 жыл бұрын

@@charlottetaylor4471 I completely agree.

@upendasana7857 Жыл бұрын

@@charlottetaylor4471 Alot of people are addicted to other things..it may not be drugs or alcohol...it can be shopping,sex,food,work or power...lets face it alot of people work out their trauma in other ways by being bullies or addicted to power or always feeling in control of others.Its often those who do not get judged in the same way as their addcition might be more socially acceptable....people work out their trauma in all sorts of ways...some are just more socially acceptable than others.

@upendasana7857 Жыл бұрын

@@jamiepr1991 yes I'm sure you always make the right lifestyle choices...lol and are an exemplary perfect human being...lol also just about every addiction specialist would disagree with you in saying its a lifestyle choice...what a lifestyle choice that eventually kills you,makes you ill,destroys your relationship,looks,career,and makes you homeless ...yeah great lifestyle choice ...!!!

@sabinecamm2571 Жыл бұрын

I feel devastated for Will Young + his Parents I used to have PTSD when My late Brother was Drinking I Loved him so very much, YES we are all very Helpless but My Brother told Me that he Hated Drinking he always said SORRY Its so very 💔

@elizabethsavage9108 Жыл бұрын

Will tells his agony excellently and holds his emotion very well , what a superb family In amongst a real family crisis

@fraukeschmidt8364 Жыл бұрын

I once bought Rupert a beer. 😢 Back in 2002, backstage at some television event where Will was performing.

@FayBrown 2 жыл бұрын

@WillYoung This is going to sound crazy but I carried everywhere a poem I wrote for you, after a dream I had about you while you were on the original audition show that you won, for nearly a decade! I think I still have it somewhere lol (when I was younger if I had a dream it usually meant something deep so I would try to understand them). Anyway, You really moved me bc of the person you were and remain... I'm so sorry you and your family and your brother experienced this, and continue to live with its impact. Sincerely Fay Brown

@cookiesroblox6759 Жыл бұрын

Is there anywhere I can watch the full programme on this.. x

@curlieslbbs3874 2 жыл бұрын

0:43 👌🏼💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 so important well noticed and well says xx

@kylewilliams5761 2 жыл бұрын

I feel I was born a problem.....!

@Ditto463 Жыл бұрын

It never fails to astonish me that parents continue to put their children into boarding institutions to be brought up by strangers, knowing what goes on in these terrible places. Why do they actually have children go essentially give them away during their most formative years. Very sad, poor Rupert. 😢

@markkrawczuk1943 2 жыл бұрын

FAMOUS ??? WHO THE HELL IS WILL YOUNG ???????????????

@barrytyler 2 жыл бұрын

Rupert Young’s brother

@baz810 2 жыл бұрын

Precisely!! Will Young used to be famous and he wants to be famous once more. How convenient that he decides to talk about the 'alcoholism and mental health issues' that drove his twin brother to take his own life! Issues that he's never, ever brought up before.....he's exploiting his brother's death...who isn't around to defend himself or give his side of the story......to put himself back out there. He's a disgrace. Rupert took his own life after the devastating loss of his beloved dog....it does happen....but it was too boring for Will's documentary so he decided that his brother would die of alcoholism

@richardsculley67 2 жыл бұрын

@@baz810 Agreed. I watched an interview with Will recently where he said he would see his brother passed out on the couch after vomiting - begs the question as to why Will didn’t get him into rehab??? Still let’s make it all about Will - again!

@Dion_Mustard 2 жыл бұрын

@@baz810 Not sure he's exploiting his brother's death. ultimately he loved his brother, and tried many times to help him (letting him move in with him). There's only so much a family member can do for someone with alcoholic problems. I should know, I had two uncles who suffered in the same way. We reached out to them so many times but in the end both of them died of their mental illness and physical illness. Perhaps look at it as Will Young making a documentary to highlight the fact that although he comes from a privileged background with money in his bank and a degree of fame, he is still normal like everyone else. The documentary wasn't boring to me, it was quite moving and emotional. I could see in Will's eyes that he is devastated by his brother's loss and felt guilt etc.

@upendasana7857 Жыл бұрын

@@baz810 wow...you know it all do you!! the real reasons why he took his life because of his dog ...he only died during lockdown,Will has probably only now had enough time to deal with it and the fact he is even making a documentary that he is brave enough to share some of the most painful and also potentially shameful parts of his and his families life is a service to everyone out there who is struggling or has family who is struggling with caring for someone in addiction. It really says far more about you that you would cynically think Will has done this for self promotion or fame.His profile does not need him to reveal this..there are far more other ways he could promote himself than talking about his brother who had been through years of hell and if you even cared to listen or understand that his issues stem from childhood trauma in a abusive school system. Did you even listen to a word he said of where his alcohol abuse started and that hie had cut his wrists and they were bleeding whilst Will was on pop adol....incredible how some want to twist a stroy to suit their own twisted beliefs !! get real