The Only Way Is Essex star James Argent has opened up about his battle with Class A drug cocaine – admitting he used the drug to combat his insecurities.
The TV star, who recently lost five stone, says he turned to the drug after hating the way he looked.
Arg said: “I would be using from the early evening until early hours of the morning then I would be tossing and turning in my room or in my house and then I hadn’t eaten for such a long period of the time that I would then be starving and I would binge on everything.
“I was covering up what I as going through inside.”
James opened up about using drugs to combat his body issues (Image: real_arg/Instagram)
The Essex lad continued to The Sun: “The core of my addiction stems from my eating disorder.
“I binge on food if I hate the way I look.
“It’s like the opposite of anorexia where people starve themselves if they are down about their body. I eat when I’m not even hungry.
James would binge on food after a drugs session (Image: GC Images)
“Everyone thinks I’m this really happy guy but it’s a front.
“All this p***-taking and the abuse I was receiving on social media was hurting me inside.”
The recovering star added to the publication: “People would say to me, ‘You’ve been binge-eating on drugs but supermodels take cocaine to stop themselves from eating.
“‘Surely you should be skinny like a rake, not the biggest you’ve ever been'”.
Arg explained how the vicious cycle of takin drugs “from 9pm to 6am” and not eating meant when his season was over he would be starving and gorge on anything he could.
He said: “I’d wake up, feel low and be absolutely starving and I would binge on everything from fizzy drinks, burgers, fast food, crisps, snacks, pizzas, takeaways to the point where I couldn’t possibly eat any more to feel better.
“Then I’d look in the mirror, see I’m the biggest I’ve ever been, then think, ‘When is a suitable time for a dealer to drop me off’.
“It was a never-ending tale of destruction.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
