Harry Potter star Tom Felton shares about his substance abuse struggle and three stints in rehab

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Tom Felton has opened up about how his ex-girlfriend staged him an intervention and his lawyer gave him a poignant warning about his life as he spoke about his substance abuse in a new memoir.The Harry Potter star, 35, candidly admitted he turned to drinking heavily to 'escape' his 20s as he detailed his mental health struggles in Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.In his book, which was released on Tuesday, Tom said his alcohol abuse was just a 'symptom' of his 'deeper' struggles as he detailed regularly drinking a few pints and shots of whisky before going to rehab three times.

Candid: Tom Felton got candid about his issues with substance abuse, his three rehab stints, and the intervention that made him want to get help, in his new memoir; Pictured 2022Tom said his manager, who was also his then-girlfriend, staged an intervention for him along with his agents after they became concerned about his alcohol use and urged him to get help.But he said it was the poignant warning about his life from his lawyer, who he had 'barely met face to face', at the intervention that 'hit him the hardest', leading to his three rehab stints.

Tom recalled his lawyer's words in an excerpt shared by People: '"Tom," he said, "I don't know you very well, but you seem like a nice guy.

All I want to tell you is that this is the seventeenth intervention I've been to in my career. Eleven of them are now dead. Don't be the twelfth".'The actor, known for playing Draco Malfoy in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter novels by J.