DAVINA McCall has revealed she was rushed to hospital in her 20s after a drugs overdose. The star spoke about the “terrifying” moment for the first time at the launch of The Sun on Sunday’s International Women’s Day event. The former Big Brother host, 52, addressed 130 inner-city schoolgirls as she warned against the perils of drugs. She said: “Drugs took me to a very, very, very dark place and, one night, I overdosed. “It was very frightening as it was a very gradual overdose. I’d had a cocktail of drugs, because I didn’t want to feel normal. “I was constantly trying to escape myself — I was like a piece of fruit rotting from the inside.“So then I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just take a valium’, and the next thing I knew I woke up in hospital. At my lowest point, when I was filled with self hatred, it was literally a case of ‘get clean, or die’.” After her overdose, Davina began to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings and quit drugs for good within a year. She still occasionally attends meetings, as well as the odd therapy session “if I feel like a top-up”. The presenter was described as inspirational… Read full this story
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