The Masked Singer star Davina McCall has spoken out about the time she was rushed to hospital following a drugs overdose in her 20s.
The 52-year-old presenter – who has spoken openly about her battle with heroin addiction in the past – knew she needed to “get clean or die” when she reached her lowest point after turning to narcotics to try to “escape” from herself.
Speaking to a group of teenage girls at the launch of The Sun on Sunday‘s International Women’s Day event, she said: “Drugs took me to a very, very, very dark place and, one night, I overdosed.
“It was very frightening as it was a very gradual overdose. I’d had a cocktail of drugs, because I didn’t want to feel normal.
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“I was constantly trying to escape myself – I was like a piece of fruit rotting from the inside.”
Explaining the next thing she knew about was waking up in hospital after ‘just taking’ a valium Davina turned to Narcotics Anonymous meetings – which she still occasionally attends – and quit drugs within a year, which helped her turn her life around.
Drugs took me to a very, very, very dark place.
She also said she was a person that people would have avoided in the street – but she “empowered” herself to change her situation and credits getting clean to bagging her dream job and improving her life.
The former Big Brother host also noted she learned a lot of valuable lessons from the meetings, including how to work hard.
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Last month Davina said she is making plans for a “fresh start” following her divorce from husband of 17 years Matthew Robertson.
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