How Ant McPartlin beat addiction after 'worst moment' to finally find peace

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How Ant McPartlin beat addiction after ‘explosion of the worst possible moment’ to finally find peace

Unless you’re Declan Donnelly, it’s hard to get close to Ant McPartlin. But over the past decade, The Sun has got to know the man behind the cheeky grin you see on TV, after securing a series of explosive tell-all interviews during the most turbulent time of his life.

Ant’s prescription drug addiction came after he damaged his knee in 2014 and underwent a botched operation on it the following year. He believes the injury to his knee – which was already delicate following years of golf and football – was sustained during a Riverdance routine he performed with Dec on aAnt was initially prescribed co-codamol and codeine, but when doctors discovered the pain was caused by a hole in his knee bone, he was moved on to the opioid tramadol, which is highly addictive.

To cope with the highs and lows of all the prescription drugs, Ant hit the booze. He was also given sleeping pills to help him at night.Ant said: “I was drinking far too much. I took sleeping pills, too – I was prescribed temazepam and diazepam. They’re really addictive. But with painkillers it’s a very deadly mix.”

I would hide pills in different places so it would look like you only had a small supply when you in fact had a much bigger supply.” I can’t go to Australia and not have a cold one at the surf club with Dec. That’s something to look forward to, but I have to get well first.”

 

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Because he has money and the nation feeling sorry for him. Yet if it's a regular guy on the street with an addiction hes looked down upon and has to wait years for his place in rehab!

Can't stand him.

Who gives a fcuk

Drink driver,drug user and adulterer what a top person. Any other person with these issues would have list their job.

Who cares? These self-absorbed “celebrities” need to give us all a break.

Footballer/Caroline Flack fucks up they get treated as scum. One of Simon Cowells bitches nearly kills a family and they are the victim who use it to their advantage. Have to love the British media.

How to drive yourself around pissed faced even no your a multi million air yea he’s really clever

He's magga rich that might have something to do with helping kick the drink and drugs ...

Amazing man truly happy for what he has achieved xx

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