Boy George vows: 'No more drugs'

Former Culture Club singer Boy George has vowed to put his drug-taking days behind him - because he "doesn't want to die."

The star - real name George O'Dowd - has endured a long battle with drugs and has suffered numerous brushes with the law as a result.

O'Dowd insists that he has kicked his habits for good, because he fears he will end up dead unless he stops.

He says: "I've been strung out on drugs for the past five years. But this time I'm clean for good - I don't want to die.

"I've spent five years in this chemical cloud. Getting clean at the end of 2007 was a very big thing. I was using half my brain, half my personality. Now I know it won't happen again.

"I was like an old man, I could barely walk because I was using so much. Now, I'm completely clean."

O'Dowd performed community service with New York's sanitation department in August 2006, after he was convicted of falsely reporting a burglary and possession of drugs.