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Travie McCoy opens up about drug abuse: 'I didn't recognise myself and it scared me'

Gym Class Heroes' frontman Travie McCoy has opened up about his battle with prescription medication in a new candid interview and explained that the turning point came while looking at his own reflection.

Speaking to VH1's Behind The Music, the 'Billionaire' hitmaker explained that he scared himself "one morning" while searching for pills in his bathroom cabinet and that encouraged him to actively stay sober:

"I was just, like, sick of trying to feed this monster. One morning, I woke up and I went to the bathroom, straight to the medicine cabinet to find my pills, and I looked in the mirror for a good half-hour, just staring at myself. I'm like, 'Who is this guy?'"

"My face was sunken in. I had these awful rings under my eyes. It wasn't me. I knew if I didn't do something, I was gonna end up dead. That was the morning I decided to break the cycle.

This episode of Behind The Music will air on Sunday, October 14 in the USA and McCoy added that he "wouldn't wish that type of pain and agony on my worst enemy".

 

 

 

Watch his music video for 'Need You' below: