DELONGE'S BATTLE WITH PAINKILLERS

Last updated: Friday, August 7, 2009

DELONGE'S BATTLE WITH PAINKILLERS

BLINK-182 star TOM DELONGE became hooked on prescription painkillers after the punk trio split in 2005 - and endured a difficult rehabilitation in a bid to cut the drugs out of his life.

Tom DeLonge and Angels and Airwaves performing at the Astoria. London, England - 16.04.08

The rocker, who has since reunited with Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus, admits he started to become dependent on medication he was taking for a back injury at the time Blink-182 split - and it went too far.

He tells the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, "I was losing my mind because I was so hopped up on narcotics.

"(I) cut it cold turkey and sat in a room for two weeks, puking my brains out and hallucinating."

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Source: WENN

| Friday, August 7, 2009

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