In the latest issue of AP, Bring Me The Horizon spoke with contributing writer Tom Bryant on an array of topics, including frontman Oli Sykes’ recent battle with addiction—and how it almost cost him his life. “My issues stemmed from the fact that I was trying so hard to fight against what people were saying about me,” Sykes openly admits. “I wasn’t what people were saying I was. But at the same time, I wasn’t a good person, either. I felt so guilty about who I was.”
Sometime following BMTH’s release of their third full-length album, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven Let’s Keep It A Secret, Sykes fell into the vice grip of Ketamine—a drug that “disengages users from reality, causing hallucinations and distorted perception.” “It’s a scummy drug,” offers the singer. “It’s not cocaine. It’s cheap, easy and fast. It makes you disassociate. It disconnects your mind from your body. It took my ego away. It took away who I was.”
Following Sykes’ first rehab stint, he hit his lowest of lows. When he was unable to refrain from using Ketamine, everything came to climax. “I nearly killed myself. I just didn’t care whether I lived or not.” But just how close to the bottom was he? “I was very close,” he shares. “I wanted to die.”
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