Ant McPartlin admits to having used alcohol as a "solution" to his "misfortune"

Ant McPartlin talked about the dangers of drinking after being addicted to alcohol.

The troubled television presenter, 43, admits that he went from social drinker to addiction in order to mask his deep sorrow while he warned that many others could do the same.

After spending a second time in rehab and a prolonged absence of spotlights, the presenter from Britain & # 39; s Got Talent is now happier than in years.

He attributed his new positive attitude to understanding why he was unhappy after his arrest for drunken driving last March.

He told the Sun: "The longer you drink – and I'm talking about decades of drinking – you use it as an escape and a way to change how you feel.

"But alcohol is not the solution – you must know where your sadness is."

Ant first became addicted to painkillers and alcohol while he was battling depression after a knee surgery in 2015.

He then began to self-heal with alcohol to raise his dark mood and relieve his physical pain.

After a second successful stay in rehab, Ant has been clean and sober for nine months and she is determined to stay that way in the future.

Ant first made public his problems in August 2017 when he revealed that he was a drug addict with prescription drugs for two years.

He admitted that he often took painkillers with alcohol and that he had ended up being rushed to the hospital by his ex-wife, Lisa Armstrong, after he went to hospital. be stuffed with tramadol, morphine and alcohol.

When he went public for the first time, he had just left rehabilitation after two months of treatment. However, just seven months later, he fell off the truck when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Ant admitted that he was "let down, I let many people down" when he was fined £ 86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months.