Suggs<\/a> explained: “I\u2019ve been a bit sort of jocular about it, but no, it did get a bit serious.<\/p>\n“I mean, it was alcoholism, and there\u2019s no way in this horrible thing to admit to yourself, because I was a drunk. I was a good drinker, I was a bad drinker.<\/p>\n
“When you\u2019re drinking too much, it just becomes your sole raison d\u2019etre. I\u2019m just [not] interested, basically, in anything other than myself and sitting there getting drunk.<\/p>\n
\n“And then my family started to suggest I was getting a bit [too much] \u2026 I went to see an addiction therapist, and he just said: ‘You\u2019ve got to stop,\u2019 basically.<\/p>\n
\n“It\u2019s just that thin line between drinking socially and drinking unsocially and, you know, kind of ruining your life, which is where I\u2019m sort of headed.”<\/p>\n
\nSuggs added he struggled with two-day hangovers and knew he had to give up the booze.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: “It was physiology \u2013 you can\u2019t cope with probably the amounts that I used to drink when I was younger anyway. And the hangovers were \u2026 like two days sort of wiped out of your life.<\/p>\n
\n“I didn\u2019t really get into any really negative or destructive kind of elements of life. But it\u2019s just when the drink becomes more important than anybody or anything else, that\u2019s what was happening.”<\/p>\n
\nSuggs went on to joke the rest of the world went into mourning after hearing he had given up drinking, saying: “There was actually a day of mourning with all the off licenses and local pubs.<\/p>\n
\n“They had a procession dressed in black, and they had a big beer bottle in a hearse with RIP. It went past my house. It was very sad.”<\/p>\n
\nThe singer is preparing to head out on tour with Madness later this year and admits his first shows sober will be interesting.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: “This will be the first tour [sober] so that\u2019s kind of intriguing. Most of the [Madness] boys know and in fact, a couple of the others packed up a little while ago.”<\/p>\n
\nSuggs concluded: “I think at [my age] and so many of my friends, without naming names, about my age in this industry, I mean, I could tell you loads, all packed up around being 60. I\u2019m lucky to tell the tale, really.”<\/p>\n
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