EastEnders’ Sid Owen says he’s ‘proud to be alive’ after battling €234 a day cocaine addiction
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evoke.ieEastEnders star Sid Owen has said he is ‘proud to be alive’ after wild cocaine and booze binges almost claimed his life. The 49-year-old got frank and honest about his past struggles with addiction and how he suffered from a serious drug habit after a tough childhood.
Sid, who played Ricky Butcher on the famous soap, said he ‘lapped it up’ when fans of the show began to throw themselves at him but said he has ‘no regrets, not even sex in Tesco.’ In the interview with The Sun, the actor revealed that in the end, he needed to go to rehab in order to beat his £200 (€234) a day habit. ‘After drink, drugs and wild partying on EastEnders nearly killed me.
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