Sarah Harding admits addiction to sleeping pills
Sarah Harding Singer, Sarah Harding has revealed that she was suffering from an addiction to sleeping pills - and was using the prescription drugs for four years to cope with her levels of fame.
The 30-year-old star says she was treated for the addiction - which began in 2006 - when she checked into rehab in Cape Town for alcoholism at the end of last year.
The Girls Aloud star said being thrown into the limelight is what caused her heavy drinking explaining to the Sun: "I never even enjoyed getting drunk before the band. The drinking was more to give me more confidence - especially when I was going through my little wild child stage.
"It was trying to maintain that f***ing image that got me in all this trouble."
Sarah says she is so happy that she recovered but has been "to hell and back."
Yet again the singer has been under the spotlight - but this time for a violent argument that broke out with boyfriend, Theo De Vries on a ski trip on New Year's Eve - having had to seek medical attention in a hospital in Austria.
