Matty Healy finds being sober easier when he's in a relationship. The 1975 singer - who split from FKA Twigs last summer - battled an addiction to heroin in his twenties, and though he is "doing really good" with his recovery, he admitted he has to work harder at it when he's alone.
He explained: “Well I’m doing really good right now, sobriety-wise. “But if I’m being honest, I am trying quite hard, and when I’m in a relationship I find it easier to be sober. “If I made the decision, I could be on drugs by myself here at the moment and so I’m choosing not to.
But if you have a partner, that choice is taken away a bit because you’d have to be on drugs with them. There is less temptation. ” The 33-year-old singer admits he feels "guilty" about his use of social media to promote the band because he's aware of the harmful impact sites such as Instagram and Facebook can have on young people and their mental health.
He told the Sunday Times Culture magazine: “Social media has played a massive part in everything to do with the 1975. "But even though I let you into certain parts of my life, social media is about what I do: the 1975.
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