Stephanie Davis tried to kill herself during the height of her alcohol addiction.
The \'Hollyoaks\' actress admits she was a "lost soul" during her dark days when she felt "so lonely and suicidal", but she has turned her life around after going to rehab and forming a friendship with retired footballer Paul \'Gazza\' Gascoigne.
She said: "I obviously went through a really bad time and alcohol was my coping mechanism to help with things. In the beginning it was a solution and it helped me, but then it starts to take and take, and in the end I thought I was going to die.
"It was really sad. I did try to kill myself, and then the way I was drinking, because it got quite bad, I was either going to hit my head or my body.
"I couldn\'t take it anymore, so it just got to the point where I gave up the fight. I wanted to be me again, because I wasn\'t me. I was just a lost soul. It\'s sad.
"It\'s one day at a time but I think for me it\'s all about self-worth, because I didn\'t have any.
"I didn\'t love myself. I was so lonely and so suicidal. My mum was like \'Look at you!\' "
Speaking about her friendship with Gazza - who has also battled alcohol addiction - she said: "Addicts can really help other addicts, as they know what they are going through".
Stephanie - who will reprise her \'Hollyoaks\' role as Sinead O\'Connor in next week\'s Storm Week episodes - admits going to rehab was "really hard", but she is "so thankful" she did.
She said: "I was sat on my stairs with my mum and my aunty one day and I just gave up, something switched in my head and I was like, I need to go to rehab, I need help.
"Don\'t get me wrong, it was hard. I was really, really hard. I had to do a lot of work on myself, but I\'m so thankful for it now."
The 25-year-old actress credits her 21-month-old son Caben - who she shares with her ex Jeremy McConnell - with "saving" her life.
Speaking on \'Good Morning Britain\', she added: "He saved me. He\'s the light of my life. He\'s just the most beautiful little soul, I can\'t even tell you. He\'s really advanced for his age, I can\'t really believe he\'s mine."
