"It was hell on earth" - McFly's Dougie Poynter speaks candidly about stints in rehab for "two separate addictions"

The bassist of popular pop punk band McFly has spoken candidly about his stints in rehab for addiction. Dougie Poynter spoke to bandmate and friend Matt Willis about his addiction history on Willis' new podcast called 'On the Mend'.

During the hour long chat, Poynter described how he was administered to rehab in 2011 for alcohol and cocaine addiction and again in 2018 for an addiction to anti-anxiety drug, Valium.

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The musician who admitted he was "anxious" about opening told his McBusted bandmate: "I’ve done it twice for two separate addictions. Both times I felt like they were huge life-changing things, they were like the worst times in my life and the best, for some reason.

"I still reference my last stint in rehab now whenever I’m like not feeling quite right or something."

The McFly star spoke about his time in rehab where he would attend meetings, meditate and read the works of Marcus Aurelias. Detailing his experiences about both periods of treatment he revealed how his time in rehab for his Valium addiction in 2018 was 'harder' than when he was in rehab for alcohol and coke addiction.

Speaking to Matt Willis he said: "I actually found getting off booze and drugs a lot easier, that cocktail didn't seem to resonate as much as what happened later on in life. Because of the type of high that you get from coke and the hangovers, all of that. I instantly felt better after like three days.

"Once everything got out of my system and I was eating well and sleeping. I was on the pink f****** cloud, so I found it a little bit easier to stay like that.

"But the second time was even worse, that was on prescription drugs, that