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Sarah Harding reveals prescription drug addiction
Published Friday, Jan 6 2012, 08:46 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 7 comments
Sarah Harding has revealed that she battled to beat an addiction to prescription drugs.
The Girls Aloud singer entered rehab in October for alcohol and depression issues, but the 30-year-old has now said that she also sought treatment for her dependency on the powerful sleeping pill Zopiclone.
> Sarah Harding, boyfriend 'both face assault charges over fight'
"I've been to hell and back. My drinking was out of control and I was addicted to sleeping pills. It was an awful combination," she told The Sun.
"The drinking was more to give me more confidence - especially when I was going through my little wild-child stage. It was trying to maintain that f**king image that got me in all this trouble."
Harding reiterated that her addictions had grown stronger after she separated from fiancé Tom Crane last year.
"I was lonely out at my house in the countryside on my own," she said. "I was isolated and depressed. I was drinking to deal with my emotions after the split. I just went mental. It took a couple of weeks to sink in and I went off the rails really badly. I knew I needed to go and get help."
> Sarah Harding on ex-boyfriend fight: "We were not good for each other"
Realising that she needed help, Harding visited a "depressing" rehab centre in South Africa and successfully completed a month-long programme. No major damage to her internal organs was found as a result of her alcoholism.
"I've done the bravest thing I had to do. I reined it in," she continued. "I took myself to rehab, because I knew it was getting out of control. It takes a strong person to admit that. So I did it. I have so much to live for.
"I feel like I don't want to be stuck with that drunken image. I go to after-care for the extension to my rehab to keep me going. I am trying so hard. I just want to be taken seriously. People have labelled me a wild child and that's fair enough, I was. But that's just not who I am."
Harding opened up about her struggle after a "terrible fight" with ex-boyfriend Theo de Vries on New Year's Eve, which left them both sporting injuries.
The Girls Aloud singer entered rehab in October for alcohol and depression issues, but the 30-year-old has now said that she also sought treatment for her dependency on the powerful sleeping pill Zopiclone.
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> Sarah Harding, boyfriend 'both face assault charges over fight'
"I've been to hell and back. My drinking was out of control and I was addicted to sleeping pills. It was an awful combination," she told The Sun.
"The drinking was more to give me more confidence - especially when I was going through my little wild-child stage. It was trying to maintain that f**king image that got me in all this trouble."
Harding reiterated that her addictions had grown stronger after she separated from fiancé Tom Crane last year.
"I was lonely out at my house in the countryside on my own," she said. "I was isolated and depressed. I was drinking to deal with my emotions after the split. I just went mental. It took a couple of weeks to sink in and I went off the rails really badly. I knew I needed to go and get help."
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> Sarah Harding on ex-boyfriend fight: "We were not good for each other"
Realising that she needed help, Harding visited a "depressing" rehab centre in South Africa and successfully completed a month-long programme. No major damage to her internal organs was found as a result of her alcoholism.
"I've done the bravest thing I had to do. I reined it in," she continued. "I took myself to rehab, because I knew it was getting out of control. It takes a strong person to admit that. So I did it. I have so much to live for.
"I feel like I don't want to be stuck with that drunken image. I go to after-care for the extension to my rehab to keep me going. I am trying so hard. I just want to be taken seriously. People have labelled me a wild child and that's fair enough, I was. But that's just not who I am."
Harding opened up about her struggle after a "terrible fight" with ex-boyfriend Theo de Vries on New Year's Eve, which left them both sporting injuries.
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