Matt Willis admits he's 'always worried about relapse' as opens up on addiction trends now
Matt Willis has admitted that he's 'always worried about relapse' as he opened up about his drink and drug addiction.
The Busted star, 40, is set to bare his soul in a new documentary about his addiction battle having struggled to stay sober for most of his life after being catapulted to fame at age 19.
And speaking to Lorraine, Matt detailed that he has 'certain things' he does to help him with his continued recovery and confessed he felt 'selfish' for prioritising himself and making sure that he wasn't tempted to reach for drink or drugs again.
Speaking on Wednesday's Lorraine, Matt said he worried about relapsing on the upcoming Busted tour after previously relapsing during the band's last reunion in 2016.
He said: 'I'm always a bit worried about relapsing, it's a chronically relapsing thing addiction.
Fears: Matt Willis has admitted that he's 'always worried about relapse' as he opened up about his drink and drug addiction
'I have certain things in place every day which I do which I'm very, very particular about and I feel like I have to be. I felt quite selfish at times because it's my main priority. But then without that, everything else falls to piece.'
He added of bandmates James Bourne and Charlie Simpson: 'Luckily the boys are amazing and they love me and want me to be well. And we have a job to do so it's in everyone's interest for me to not be wrecked.
'I feel good about that right now, everything is in a good place with Busted right now.'
Meanwhile, while Busted have shown support for the rocker, so too has his wife Emma Willis, though Matt admitted that she was reluctant to film the documentary.
He told Lorraine Kelly of his wife: 'Emma took some talking to to get involved with this because we've been quite private with our lives and never really opened up before.
'I felt like that was such a powerful part to it, it was kind of like, she went through everything with me and stuck by me through everything and a lot of people at times told her not to.
'But he saw something in me and she knew she could help and she did massively.'
He went on to discuss the moment where he and Emma, 2008, met up with other addicts and loved ones for the film.
Open: The Busted star, 40, is set to bare his soul in a new documentary about his addiction battle having struggled to stay sober for most of his life after being catapulted to fame at age 19
Tough; Matt detailed that he has 'certain things' he does to help him with his continued recovery and confessed he felt 'selfish' for prioritising himself and making sure that he wasn't tempted to reach for drink or drugs again
He said: 'That was an amazing experience. Emma's never done anything like that before and she was really nervous.
'But she resonated with everything that everyone said, and that's for the loved ones of people with addiction.
'That's the forgotten tale because everything's always about the addict, and that is important because then you get clean, but then the effect
