Aug 3, 2008, 11:00 GMT
Boy George only quit drugs at the end of last year.
British pop singer Boy George hugs a friend as he leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London, 28 February 2008. Boy George appeared in court accused of falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall at his home April 28 2007. EPA/ANDY RAIN
The former Culture Club frontman - who has revealed he used to be a heroin addict - says he spent much of the last five years taking illegal substances every day.
He confessed: "I've been strung out on drugs for the last five years. But this time I'm clean for good. I don't want to die.
"I've spent five years in this chemical cloud. Getting clean at the end of 2007 was a very big thing. I was using half my brain, half my personality on drugs.
"One day I took a little and then I was on four grams a day. Up until six months ago, I had a really bad problem."
The singer has now vowed to stay clean for good.
He added to Q magazine: "A friend took me to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting and I was like an old f***ing man. I could barely walk I'd been using so much f***ing drugs.
"Everything that's gone wrong in my life has been because of drugs.
"Now I know it won't happen again I've done the tour, worn the T-shirt.
"When I gave up before, I thought I was losing something. I was 'giving up' drugs. Now I know I'm gaining half my mind back."
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