‘Three months ago I was on death’s door’: Michelle Heaton says she didn’t go a day without alcohol for three years and was warned she would die MONTHS before she entered rehab
Michelle Heaton has opened up about her battle with alcohol addiction three months after leaving a rehabilitation centre where she was given just days to live.
The Liberty X singer, 42, revealed she was ‘powerless’ to drugs and alcohol during an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of Loose Women.
Detailing how severe her situation was, Michelle explained: ‘Three months ago I was on deaths door, I was given a couple of days [to live].’
Candid: Michelle Heaton has opened up about her battle with alcohol addiction three months after leaving a rehabilitation centre where she was given just days to live
Michelle admitted over the past three years she didn’t go a day without alcohol, and even when she was told last September she would die it still didn’t deter her.
Detailing her journey since becoming sober, Michelle said: ‘I’m approaching 100 days clean and sober. Just that intro makes me well up, but now with joy instead of fear. I’m delighted to be here with you and to be able to speak properly.’
Confessing that getting herself to rehab was the hardest part of her journey, Michelle said: ‘It’s the first step and its the hardest to admit you have a problem and that you’re powerless to drugs and alcohol.
She explained it wasn’t a ‘specific event’ that caused her admission into rehab, but she ended up ‘locked away by herself, lying and manipulating situations’.
Terrifying: Michelle admitted over the past three years she didn’t go a day without alcohol, and even when she was told last September she would die it still didn’t deter her (pictured September 2020)
Opening up: The Liberty X singer, 42, revealed she was ‘powerless’ to drugs and alcohol during an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of Loose Women
Michelle revealed: ‘I became very very ill, it was a five year process. About three years it got a bit of a hold on me, I was happy in my addiction.’
‘Sometimes it’s difficult to say you have an addiction cos at times it feels fun, that’s the reality of it, it [alcohol] was my friend in need.
‘Any feeling, sad, happy, the sun’s shining, a party – any excuse. It got a hold of me really badly about a year and a half ago.’
‘My husband and friends tried an intervention to get me to rehab.’
‘Three months ago I was on deaths door, I was given a couple of days [to live]. I was so ill I had lost so much weight, my skin was translucent, my belly was swollen and hard. I was sick so I could drink more. I’d feel happy so I could drink more. It controlled everything I did.’
Here she is: Following her remote appearance, she was seen stepping out in her swish car
Pet pooch: She was seen walking with her dog after the big reveal
‘The last three years I’ve never had a day off alcohol, a drink or some sort, last September I was in hospital with a failed pancreas and liver disease.
‘It wasn’t looking good, even then I couldn’t stop. I was told if I continued I would die but I still didnt’ stop. Nothing mattered, my skin, I could see my veins, my skin was itchy, I was scrathed with scars.
‘My hair has gone, this isn’t mine, it’s been put in by my hairdresser. The great news is that the liver repairs, it’s an amazing organ. It will repair but not forget.
Hands full! Michelle looked determined as she unloaded items from her boot
Love: Michelle admitted that her husband Hugh Hanley, who she shares children Faith, nine, and Aaron, seven, with, has been her ‘rock’
Family: Michelle and her family pictured on the day she left the rehab centre
‘I’m under no illusions, one drink and I could be right back to where I was if not worse.’
Michelle admitted that her husband Hugh Hanley, who she shares children Faith, nine, and Aaron, seven, with, has been her ‘rock’.
Shesaid: ‘This is the ultimate challenge, any partner who is witnessing their loved one suffering an addiction, they’re suffering so much. People forget about that. He’s been through so much pain.
Committed: Michelle went on to reveal that she is currently on the 12-step programme and is working on finding a way to move on with her life
‘I tried to push him away because I felt so guilty that I was dragging him and the kids down, but obviously I didn’t want him to go.’
Michelle went on to reveal that she is currently on the 12-step programme and is working on finding a way to move on with her life.
She is also back performing with the Liberty X girls and admitted it is the first time she has ever performed sober.
Michelle said: ‘The Liberty X girls are back on the road – that gave me such a high – I’ve never done a show sober. I thought it was alcohol that gave me that gusto, but it wasn’t it was the girls around me and the crowd singing our songs back.’
Girl gang: Michelle is back performing with the Liberty X girls and admitted it is the first time she has ever performed sober (pictured earlier this week)
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