Poynter 'rehab Saved My Life'

British pop star Dougie Poynter is convinced his stint in rehab saved hislife.

The McFly musician checked into a clinic in March (11) to deal with hisalcohol issues following the breakdown of his relationship with The Saturdays singer Frankie Sandford.

The bassist has since bounced back, winning British reality TV show I'mA Celebrity...

Get Me Out Of Here! earlier this month (Dec11), and he now reveals he is glad he faced up to his problems.

He tells Britain's The Sun, "I went into rehab after a long time havingissues with myself. One thing led to another and all of a sudden I was in there. "It was either that or God knows what would have happened.

It was solely the best thing I've ever done, it completely and utterly saved my life.I'm all hunkydory now.

"When I came out I was a bit confused as to the way I was going to be living my life from then on, but I guess I got lucky. "After a few months I started seeing changes, my relationships with family and friends, and life in general, got better".