Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has revealed she's checking into rehab
Danniella Westbrook has revealed she plans to fight her addictions and demons for good and will check into a treatment facility to do so.
Over the years the former EastEnders star who viewers will remember as Sam Mitchell has publically battled her drug addiction. The mum-of-two to Kai, 20 and Jody, 15, admitted she first tried cocaine when she was 14-years-old. As a result of her drug use her septum rotted and after she managed to get clean she relapsed in 2016 after she split from her boyfriend George Arnold.
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Appearing on This Morning she said: "I thought my whole world was over when he walked out, because he just got up, it was like he’d never been there.
"I tried to overdose a lot when George walked out, but it just turns out he never had a girlfriend before me, so it all unravels and you know it was very difficult."
Since her TV appearance the 43-year-old actress shocked fans by live streaming her vaginal surgery on Snapchat, she was mugged in Marbella and she posted a cryptic Mother's Day message.
The television star has now revealed she's heading back to rehab to kick her addiction one last time. Danniella tweeted that she's going to check into a treatment facility in Spain, she wrote: "So looking forward 2 working on myself and kick all addictions and demons once and for all. I can't wait 2 check in 2 treatment."
On Instagram, she opened up on her decision and said: "So I'm checking in to treatment again. The therapy show [Channel 5's In Therapy] I did cost me a lot of heartache painful childhood memories & trauma that the show didn't fix.
"Put that with a total lie and sham of a marriage the illness from botched bodies botching my health and a break up from the only man I ever loved and losing a baby last year, I think it's time I did this once and for all for myself my kids and my very small but close circle of friends.
"Am I scared yes but I do want a quality of life I don't have today and the freedom of a life without demons haunting me and making me weak to my addictions: so in a few weeks' time I shall be checking in to a friend's treatment centre and I won't be leaving until I'm a 100% well in my mind body and [heart emoji].
"We all make mistakes it's life but it's what we choose to do about those mistakes that count xx #BackToSpain #ImAMumEveryday #TheWestbrook #Treatment #OneDayAtATime #LoveYourself #WorkingOnMyself"
Go Danniella! We hope you feel much better when you come out.
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