Last Updated on 07/24/2023 by てんしょく飯
In a rare interview about his addiction, Dougie Poynter, 35, bassist for the British band McFly, admitted that his two stints in drug treatment facilities were largely “life-changing.”
Dougie previously revealed that his addiction to Valium, an anxiety medication, had wiped out two years of his life.
He began his addiction to the drug in 2016 and sought help from a drug treatment facility two years later, but had previously entered a drug treatment facility in 2011 after attempting to end his life in a struggle with drugs and alcohol.
Appearing on the podcast show “On the Mend with Matt Willis” with Duggie’s friend Matt Willis of Busted, who has battled cocaine addiction, Duggie recalled. I’ve been in two separate addictions, both times I felt like they were huge, life-changing events, and either the worst time of my life or somehow the best time of my life, and I still try to remember my time in the drug treatment facility when I’m feeling down or whatever.”
Dougie says he has avoided talking about his experience because he doesn’t want to “hurt” the people he loves. ‘It’s awful, it’s one of the worst things,’ he said, ‘and the reason I’m afraid to talk about it is because I worry about what other people, my friends, my family, will think and how hurt they will be to know about it.’
Hoping to learn to “recognize” his triggers so that he doesn’t fall into a negative spiral and forever live a “life of fear” of relapse, Duggie said, “I’ve learned to be honest with myself. I think the most important thing is to be honest with yourself, to know yourself, and I think really understanding and recognizing what your triggers are is the key to overcoming that combination.” That little abstract demon that lives in my head or in my gut could come out of any situation,” “And that could be the beginning of a spiral for me that eventually leads me back to drugs,” “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in fear.”
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