Taking coke is better than facing the scariest thing going on in your life. The downers are awful. Tragically, it is too late for her ex-husband George Kay, 39, who was found dead at the weekend after a suspected cocaine overdose - just days after Kerry gave this interview passionately warning of the dangers of cocaine.
Devastated Kerry - who shared a daughter, Dylan, 5, with George - is now in Warrington supporting George's family and has visited his body in the morgue. George was suffering from mental health problems including anxiety and depression, and Kerry is now more desperate than ever to warn people off cocaine. She explains how her own drug addiction started at 14 - an age when the strongest thing most kids will have tried is a cigarette.
Cocaine use among young people is on the rise, with 20 per cent of year-olds admitting using in the last year. Kerry continued to take cocaine during her days in Atomic Kitten - using it to help with a fame she says was overwhelming - but managed to get clean after her marriage to Westlife star Brian McFadden in , moving to Ireland with him and having two children, Molly and Lily.
However, their marriage broke down and Brian went on to date Australian singer Delta Goodrem after their divorce. Kerry had a nervous breakdown and ended up back on cocaine. I was constantly in another world all of the time. I don't want it'. I wanted to get out of my skin," says Kerry. She checked into a fitness bootcamp with her mum before going to rehab in Arizona and has been clean ever since.
But while she was lucky enough to escape her addiction, she can see how other young famous people might not be so fortunate.
She explains that celebrities often end up taking cocaine while being paid to make personal appearances at nightclubs - so that they can stay awake all night and party with people who have come to see them. More than one in ten British adults are believed to have tried it, and with young people the numbers are even worse.
Cocaine use can cause mental health problems such as anxiety and paranoia, while doctors have linked the rise in cheap, potent coke to an increase in suicide rates. People from all walks of life, from builders and labourers to celebrities like Kerry and Jeremy McConnell — who are backing our campaign — have fallen foul of its lure. She says that after taking so much coke she foamed at the mouth and passed out, she'd then start all over again. She checked into a fitness bootcamp with her mum before going to rehab in Arizona and has been clean ever since.
But while she was lucky enough to escape her addiction, she can see how other young famous people might not be so fortunate. She explains celebrities often end up taking cocaine while being paid to make personal appearances at nightclubs — so they can stay awake all night and party with people who have come to see them. It was an amazing feeling. After a stint in rehab in Arizona 10 years ago, Kerry got tattoos to stop herself committing suicide.
Kerry sympathises with modern celebrities who are catapulted to fame — and then see their stars fade just as quickly. Even just being the real you is terrifying thing. I get so many DMs asking for advice about coke addiction, alcoholism and mental health.
If you or anyone you know needs help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyondblue on This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission. The former Atomic Kitten star has now revealed that she had near-death experiences while taking the drug, but believes guardian angels kept her alive. I remember coming back [from the brink of death] with these beautiful figures around me and I felt so much love — that happened to me twice.
So I know I have angels looking out for me. The mother-of-five said her turning point came when she spent two weeks at a boot camp and returned to tell Mark that she wanted a divorce — saying that she never used cocaine again after that experience. The star admitted that being shouted at during the drills triggered memories of her abusive marriage to third husband George Kay. I was so angry.
0コメント