March 08, 2020
Davina McCall has spoken about her past drug addiction and revealed she was once rushed to hospital after a drugs overdose.
Davina McCall Reveals She Was Once Rushed To Hospital After Overdosing On A Cocktail Of Drugs
The former Big Brother presenter revealed the “terrifying” moment she ended up in a hospital bed after taking a cocktail of drugs in her 20s.
The TV star was speaking at the launch of The Sun on Sunday’s International Women’s Day event in front of 130 inner-city schoolgirls.She told them: “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.
“I was constantly trying to escape myself — I was like a piece of fruit rotting from the inside.
“So then I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just take a valium’, and the next thing I knew I woke up in hospital.”
She added: “At my lowest point, when I was filled with self hatred, it was literally a case of ‘get clean, or die’.”Following her overdose, Davina began to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings and quit drugs for good.
Davina - who was joined at the event by Strictly host Claudia Winkleman and footballer Alex Scott - said drugs took her to the “darkest, darkest place”.
She said: “I was the person that people would have crossed the street to avoid. I started with cannabis and went on to become a heroin addict.
“It ended up taking me to the darkest, darkest place. I empowered myself to change my situation, I made a conscious decision I could change me. And because I got clean I got the job I’d dreamed of and that changed my life forever.”
The Masked Singer judge has previously revealed that she took drugs with her own mother in her younger years.
Davina – who grew up living with her paternal grandparents in Surrey – told of how when she stayed with her mother Florence Kock in France during her holidays, there were “no boundaries”.
“I don’t blame her at all for my addiction,” she said. “But it was screwed up . . . not a normal mother-child relationship.READ MORE: Davina McCall Reflects On Jade Goody's Celebrity Big Brother Exit Interview Davina McCall Recalls Taking Drugs With Her Mum In Her Youth Need friendly, confidential advice on drugs?Contact FRANK on 0300 123 6600 or visit the website for alternative contact methods.
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