Matt Willis says he was a ‘terrible father’ after drug abuse led him to go partying instead of parenting
BUSTED star Matt Willis has opened up about his battle with substance abuse.
The 40-year-old broke down as he revealed his addiction caused him to go partying instead of being a parent to his kids.
Following the release of his documentary on BBC called Fighting Addiction, Willis appeared on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, where he spoke further about his addiction.
Kemp asked: "What was the starting point to you getting help, or was there a specific moment that you can think where that happened?"
The musician, who is father to Isabelle, 13, Ace, 11, and Trixie, seven, responded: "There were lots of key moments in my life.
"In recovery, you hear these words like ‘rock bottom’ and they kind of say, ‘He hasn’t hit his rock bottom yet’
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"I hit my rock bottom 30 times…, loads of these big moments in my life that should have said to me ‘this is a problem, you need to sort yourself out…’"
He continued: "When it hit me was when my daughter was born and she was about eight months old and I was not with her, I was out using drugs with strangers
"I missed her crawling, and I missed my wife’s birthday party with all people that I love there and I was out with strangers doing drugs
"I woke up the next day and I realised I was going to be a terrible father, it was such a but moment for me because it was the only thing I’d really ever wanted to be."
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Willis removed himself from society in a bid to recover from his addiction.
He told the Capital Breakfast host: "One of the things that we don’t really get into in the doc but I think the elephant in the room is that getting help it really quite difficult.
"There are things out there for people, that’s one message that I want to get across because it’s not hopeless, there are so many amazing originations out there that will help you and if you reach out they will do as much as they can."
On Wednesday, Matt's documentary on his battles with drink and drug addiction was launched to the public.
The star now hopes he might be able to help other people in a similar position to himself, as well as the families and friends of addicts.
