By Brendan Mcfadden For Mailonline
Published: 11:08 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 11:14 BST, 14 April 2019
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Whose Line Is It Anyway star Tony Slattery has spoken of how he suffers from bipolar disorder and his battle to 'survive'.
At the height of his fame in the 80s and 90s, Tony was a star of the Channel 4 improvisation show and one of the top stand-up comedians in the UK.
But his meteoric rise to stardom was blighted with mental health issues and an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Whose Line is It Anyway star Tony Slattery has spoken of his daily battle with bipolar disorder. He is pictured as he looks today
In the 1990s when he was hugely popular comedian famous for his one liners his 10g of cocaine a day cost him £4,000 a week.
Today the years of drugs, alcohol and depression has taken its toll.
His once slick black hair is grey and he lives in a rented home in Edgware, North London, having not decided to buy a home when he could afford to.
Although he still has a glint in his eye his words rush out and in between sentences there are long pauses.
He told The Mirror: 'You wake up and, if you're alive, cool – go from there if you can.'
'I could write you a book on bipolarity.
'It's one of those hidden things, it's complicated. That's not to say, 'Oh god, aren't I special'. So many people have it – the spectrum is
