Robbie Williams: “I was 24 hours from dying”

Former Take That star Robbie Williams has said he was “very, very close” to dying during a drugs binge.

Robbie Williams has admitted his addiction to prescription drugs nearly cost him his life. "At the time you don't give a s**t if you pop your clogs. I must have been very, very close. I would have carried on, to be honest. You get to the point that far into your addiction you're not bothered whether you live or die, because that's where it takes you," Robbie told the Sun. "It was the American addiction. Prescription drugs. I would do 20 Vicodin in a night. It was a painkiller. Then I'd take Adderall, which was like speed for people with ADHD. I'd be doing colossal, heart-stopping amounts of that. You can buy Sativa, which is basically LSD for five minutes. It's powerful stuff. I was on my way out. I might have been a couple of days or 24 hours from dying."

Robbie Williams was treated in rehab in 2007 for his addiction after his management team intervened. "My managers were supposed to see me on a Wednesday. I had a big blow up on Monday night and then on Tuesday I was on a sofa coming in and out of consciousness. Then I heard their voices and I thought, ‘It's Tuesday. I bet you I'm going to rehab today,'" Robbie explained. "They came in and I think they were expecting a fight. They sat down and said, ‘Rob, you look f**king awful.' I said, ‘I'll go to rehab, you don't have to say f**king nasty things to me.' They had a plane waiting for me. I was sitting on this plane kicking the seats, I was so angry with myself."

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