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Sarah Harding on rehab stint: 'I drank to numb Tom Crane split'
Published Monday, Dec 12 2011, 08:52 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 1 comment
Sarah Harding has opened up about her battle with alcohol addiction and claimed that she drunk to relieve the pain of her split with fiancé Tom Crane.
The Girls Aloud star checked out of rehab in November following a month of treatment, having been urged by her bandmates to seek help when they identified that she "wasn't in a good state".
"I've been told by those close to me that was when I hit my worst. I was crying hysterically," she told The Sun. "I felt ashamed, embarrassed, terrified - my emotions were all over the place. I know [my bandmates] were really worried about me."
Harding said that her alcohol dependency intensified as her relationship with the DJ broke down in September.
"I was so down but I just tried to keep busy and, to numb myself, I was drinking more. It was my way of escaping," she said.
"One minute I was deliriously happy, to the point of hysteria, and totally in denial about my problems saying, 'I'm fine, I'm fine'. The next it hit me - and when it did, it hit me hard."
Harding briefly reconciled with Crane in November before they split for good last month.
Explaining their separation, she continued: "Our lives had started to go in different directions. We'd become like passing ships. As far as our future plans were concerned, I didn't see how it would work."
> Kimberley Walsh: 'I'm proud of Sarah Harding for facing her demons'
The Girls Aloud star checked out of rehab in November following a month of treatment, having been urged by her bandmates to seek help when they identified that she "wasn't in a good state".
"I've been told by those close to me that was when I hit my worst. I was crying hysterically," she told The Sun. "I felt ashamed, embarrassed, terrified - my emotions were all over the place. I know [my bandmates] were really worried about me."
Harding said that her alcohol dependency intensified as her relationship with the DJ broke down in September.
"I was so down but I just tried to keep busy and, to numb myself, I was drinking more. It was my way of escaping," she said.
"One minute I was deliriously happy, to the point of hysteria, and totally in denial about my problems saying, 'I'm fine, I'm fine'. The next it hit me - and when it did, it hit me hard."
Harding briefly reconciled with Crane in November before they split for good last month.
Explaining their separation, she continued: "Our lives had started to go in different directions. We'd become like passing ships. As far as our future plans were concerned, I didn't see how it would work."
> Kimberley Walsh: 'I'm proud of Sarah Harding for facing her demons'
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