Jan 25 2024 20 mins
This month, as part of our annual healthy living week focussed on addictive habits, we had the privilege of sitting down with Andrew Roch: founder of The Crew Academy and The Crew Mess. The Crew Mess is yachting’s primary addiction support and intervention service, and Andrew shares his insights on how addiction can impact the lives of yacht crew. His perspectives provide valuable reflections and shed light on the importance of addressing addiction within the maritime community.
If you are struggling with addiction please reach out to Andrew directly at [email protected] or check out his rehabilitation programme: https://www.thesoor.com/ The Crew Academy also run a Suicide Prevention, Addiction and Recovery course. They offer this course for free for all TCA graduates, alongside the Mental Health Awareness course, to help build more awareness around these issues and empower crew to feel more capable at recognizing the signs of someone who is struggling and feel more confident in helping and communicating with them. Find out more here.
If there are any subjects in particular you would like us to cover in the podcast, please get in touch - [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram @burgessyachtcrew Follow The Crew Academy @thecrewacademy