McFly’s Dougie Poynter has opened up about his time in rehab.

The 24-year-old bassist, who spent a month in The Priory last year following a battle with drink and drugs, told The Sun’s Fabulous magazine that attending the treatment centre was one of the best things he’s ever done:

“It was 28 days of complete intensity, but the most important 28 days of my life. I was in this incredible group, and everyone has stayed sober and we all still stay in touch. I talked a lot, I cried a lot and I thought a lot.

“I had all these stupid things I was worrying about, like the fact I’d lost my libido, and I was able to say them out loud and people would talk about it and I’d feel better. I was very lucky because a lot of people don’t get sober straight away. I still go to therapy meetings and I’m teetotal. I don’t want to go back to being the person I was.”

The I’m A Celebrity…winner, who goes further into detail about his troubles in the group’s new book, 'Unsaid Things,' also revealed how his bandmates tried to help him as much as they could at the time:

"They just wanted to help. All of them did. Tom moved me in with him and Giovanna, Harry and Danny checked up on me all of the time. There was never a sense that I had messed up for them, they just wanted to sort me out."