{"id":291096,"date":"2023-09-03T23:08:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291096"},"modified":"2023-09-03T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T23:08:31","slug":"ricky-hatton-sunk-25-pints-in-a-day-in-depths-of-cocaine-fuelled-binges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/ricky-hatton-sunk-25-pints-in-a-day-in-depths-of-cocaine-fuelled-binges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Hatton sunk 25 pints in a day in depths of cocaine-fuelled binges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Ricky Hatton has revealed how he sunk 25 pints of Guinness a day plus spirits in the depths of his cocaine-fuelled binges.<\/p>\n

    \u2018The Hitman\u2019, 44, has also admitted for the first time he only started using coke as it gave him the ability to sink more stout and hard liquor.<\/p>\n

    He turned to drink and drugs to numb the pain of his retirement from boxing after his dazzling ring career came to an agonising end in May 2009 with a devastating second round knockout by Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

    Ricky \u2013 cruelly branded \u2018Ricky Fatton\u2019 when his weight ballooned in between fights due to his boozing \u2013 told the 30846676 in an exclusive interview from his Manchester mansion how he spiralled into addictions as he battled to recreate the buzz of his boxing bouts.<\/p>\n

    READ MORE: Depressed Ricky Hatton told psychiatrist 'I'll kill myself' after run of defeats <\/b><\/p>\n

    He admitted: \u201cI took cocaine \u2013 I never took heroin. It was in many ways it was tough times. I was taking drugs, but I think the drinking was more of a problem, and I think I was taking a line to keep me drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

    When asked to describe his worst day of boozing, Ricky initially recoiled at putting a number on the amount of drinks he would sink \u2013 as his binges would often last 36 hours.<\/p>\n

    The former world champion and dad-of-three said: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t like to say to be honest with you \u2013 it would be horrific.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cIt would be drinking from 12 in the afternoon to 4 in the morning or 6 in the morning or something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

    He then admitted: \u201cYou\u2019re talking about 30 drinks aren\u2019t you? That\u2019s horrific. And you\u2019re having the drugs so you can drink more.<\/p>\n

    \u201cA normal person \u2013 you\u2019d be finished by 1 or 2 in the morning or something like that, and you\u2019d have a decent drink. But a few times I was going for a day-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI was really a beer drinker, but then I started to get a little bit bloated because I was a Guinness drinker.<\/p>\n

    \u201cTo be honest with you, before I went on to my spirits I would do 25 pints of Guinness all day long, before the shots. And I was having bits of lines here and there to keep me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Ricky had his son Campbell, 22, when he was in his early 20s and shares daughters Millie, 11, and Fearne, 10, with his ex-fianc\u00e9e Jennifer Dooley, 44.<\/p>\n

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    Jennifer stuck by him when he started to go off the rails after he hung up his gloves, but left when his drinking and partying spiralled into chaos.<\/p>\n

    In one of his saddest admissions, Ricky said he decided to drink himself to death as he didn\u2019t have the guts to slash his wrists.<\/p>\n

    He also said he desperately fought to keep his mental health woes and all-day crying sessions from his loved ones and pals as he didn\u2019t want them to \u201cworry\u201d or think he was a \u201cweirdo\u201d.<\/p>\n

    \u201cPeople, when they hear you\u2019ve got mental health issues, they think you\u2019ve lost the plot or something,\u201d Ricky added.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cFor ladies, they\u2019re more likely to share it, but for men, you can\u2019t just tell someone, \u2018Give me five minutes of your time \u2013 I want to kill myself and I\u2019ve been crying all day.\u2019 You don\u2019t, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n

    He added about trying to end his life when he was at his lowest: \u201cI\u2019d come in and get a knife to my wrist, and I\u2019d be crying and sobbing all the time.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI was giving myself panic attacks. I thought they were heart attacks.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI didn\u2019t have the confidence to slit my wrists, and when my ex (Jennifer) would come in, I\u2019d put a brave face on because I didn\u2019t want her to worry, and I didn\u2019t want my mum and dad to worry.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAnd I didn\u2019t want to share it with my mates because I didn\u2019t want my mates thinking I was a weirdo.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Ricky finally got help by checking into rehab.<\/p>\n

    But he told us it was a \u201cwaste of time\u201d as his carers constantly brushed off his case as alcoholism.<\/p>\n

    Ricky finally got some of the help he needed at former England football captain Tony Adams\u2019 Sporting Chance rehab and therapy facility.<\/p>\n

    Ricky\u2019s rollercoaster life has also seen him cut off all contact with his parents Ray and Carol for eight years.<\/p>\n

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    The feud came after he discovered his father had stashed a fortune of his boxing cash in an account he told his son nothing about.<\/p>\n

    He also had a tragic falling out with his \u201cbest pal\u201d and father figure trainer Billy \u2018The Preacher\u2019 Graham.<\/p>\n

    He took the Hattons to court for allegedly withholding wages \u2013 ending in a \u00a31.4million settlement.<\/p>\n

    Ricky\u2019s rise from a council estate in Hattersley to landing multiple light-welterweight and welterweight world championship titles has now been immortalised in the new documentary Hatton, which aired on Sky last week.<\/p>\n