Saturday, 29 August 2009

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Preston: I took sleeping pills every night for 6 years

Singer felt lonely

Preston's new single Dressed To Kill is out on 7 September

Preston once relied heavily on medication to help him sleep.

The former Ordinary Boys frontman, 27, was going through a tough period at the time.

‘It was pretty bad at one point,’ says Preston. ‘I’d have a bottle of wine and some sleeping pills every night.

'I was doing the [sleeping pills] for about 5 or 6 years, and you’re only supposed to do them for a month! I felt defeated. I felt like my whole life was over.’

Preston's failed marriage to Chantelle Houghton only added to his misery.

‘It affects people differently and I was destroyed and couldn’t talk about it at all,’ he adds.