The X Factor: Celebrity star Megan McKenna has opened up about the wake-up call that convinced her to get sober.
The former TOWIE and Celebrity Big Brother star, currently appearing on the ITV music show, shared in her 2018 autobiography book Mouthy how alcohol helped her to "rid demons".
In a recent interview with The Sun, Megan recalled the damage drinking had done to her physical and mental health.
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"I realised I didn't want to be doing that anymore," she said. "I would go out and get paralytic. I'm talking downing the Jägerbombs like you would not believe. I don't know how I did it.
"I was necking them three in a line, tequila, Sambuca… And I was waking up in the morning with my face all swollen from the alcohol.
"I'm coeliac and I'd constantly have a bad belly from a night out. Some nights I'd go to the toilet, be sick and then go back and carry on drinking. I was abusing my body."
Megan went on to say that she felt "nervous" going to celebrity events which led her to drinking "purely to get drunk".
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"There are events on all the time in London and because I get nervous going to things, I'd down my drinks quickly," the X Factor: Celebrity star continued. "I used to think if I didn't have a drink it was going to be a rubbish night, so I'd drink purely to get drunk.
"And then the morning after is just the worst feeling. I'm a mess and I can't deal with it. It actually gives me anxiety now just thinking about it, so I can't do that to myself anymore."
Alcohol Change UK offers information, advice and support with their questions about drinking and the problems that can sometimes be caused by alcohol. For more information, visit Alcohol Change UK's website. Drinkline also offers free, confidential advice to anyone who is concerned about their own or someone else's drinking on 0300 123 1110 (weekdays 9am–8pm, weekends 11am–4pm).
Readers can also contact Drinkaware.
The X Factor: Celebrity continues on Saturday (November 2) at 8.30pm on ITV.
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