Mccall says she had to ‘ grieve’ giving up alcohol in order to stay off drugs
Davina Mccall has said she had to “grieve” giving up alcohol because she knew drink was the gateway to drugs for her.
The TV star, who turned 50 last year, had spoken openly about her battle with addiction in the past.
She said: “I dance a lot better without booze than I did with booze. If you don’t have to give up booze, then for God’s sake, don’t give up booze.
“I had to grieve not drinking. That was so sad.
“But I knew that alcohol was the gateway to drugs for me, and it would still be the gateway. It’s just not worth it.”
Mccall, who recently split up with her husband of 17 years, Matthew Robertson, also said that going through tough times was important to make you stronger. “[ You] need to experience difficult y to learn how to be resilient,{ she explained. “If you haven’t been through anything difficult, the minute you do, it will hit you like a freight train and you won’t know what to do because you’ ve never been given the tools to deal with it.
“When I think of all the stuff that happened with my mum in my childhood, and the drugs and the alcohol, and my sister dying, and knowing I got through all that... all of those things make you think “throw anything at me – I’ll be okay. It might be hard, but I do feel I could deal with anything.”
The star said she has embraced turning 50.