Former Keane frontman Tom Chaplin has described his recovery from the rock bottom of drink and drug addiction as "a miracle".
In an interview on ITV's Loose Women on Tuesday, Chaplin shared his story, describing himself as "a mess" who had self-medicated with drugs and gone through rehab a number of times over the years.
When asked about the final straw, Chaplin said his decision to take time out from Keane to focus on a solo career led to him hitting "a creative brick wall" and an addiction spiral where he "started using drugs again in a major way".
"At the very beginning of last year, I was staying at a friend's house. I was on my own and I'd been up for three or four days without any sleep and I'd just been taking cocaine non-stop," he recounted.
"I felt like I was having a heart attack and I suddenly had this realisation, 'I'm losing everything - my life, my daughter, my wife, everything is going to go'. So I just felt different in that moment, it was very strange, you know, call it a 'moment of clarity' and 'rock bottom'. It was like, 'You know what? If I wake up tomorrow and I'm still alive I'm going to change'. And it's been like a miracle."
While describing addiction as something that "wants to take you away from the things that are truly important, that will truly make you happy in life", Chaplin admitted that he still dreams about using drugs "all the time, constantly".
"Three four times a week I dream about using drugs," he continued. "And the great thing is, while it's horrible to have those dreams, you wake up... and you feel a sense of relief. I wake up and I think, 'Oh thank God - I'm not there'. To me it feels like a kind of unconscious warning - 'Do not go back to that place' - because it feels so real."
The 37-year-old also paid tribute to his wife Natalie for standing by him.
"She coped with it amazingly," he said. "She has stuck by me over the years and these problems have come back, resurfaced many times and she's stuck with me. She's an amazing woman; I love her to bits."
Tom Chaplin with wife Natalie and dog Big White pictured in the artwork for his song Hold On to Our Love
