Carlisle: 'Drug binge almost killed me'

Belinda Carlisle has said that a near-death experience during a 2005 drug binge made her realise that she had to change her life.

In an interview on Good Morning America to promote her upcoming autobiography Lips Unsealed, the singer admitted that she locked herself in a London hotel room for three days while she did massive amounts of cocaine.

"I went on the biggest binge of my life, which is saying something considering I had used, boozed, and abused for 30 years," she said.

"When I looked at my eyes in the mirror, I didn't see anyone looking back at me. The lights were out. I was gone."

The 51-year-old said that she only confronted the reality of her situation after having an out-of-body experience in which she saw herself dead from an overdose.

"At that moment I shut my eyes, and when I opened them again I made the decision I had put off for much too long. I opened myself up to life. I appreciated the good, faced the bad, and began to find the things I needed."