My boozing got so bad I even drank Domestos; McGRATH'S BOOZE HELL.

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Byline: By DECLAN FERRYPAUL McGrath was so desperate for booze he drank a pint of Domestos bleach - twice.The troubled Republic of Ireland soccer hero tells of his drink and drug abuse in a new book and admits he still battles his demons every day.The 46-year-old also tried to kill himself four times and once slit his wrists in front of his four-year-old son.He admitted: "One night I was absolutely desperate for a drink but there was nothing in the house."I raided every single cupboard. It's difficult to explain the desperation that kicks in when the craving hits."So I took out a pint glass and filled it with Domestos. What was I thinking?"I remember screwing back the top on the container, then looking at the glass knowing I was playing Russian roulette with my life. Then I did it. Took the glass and downed the Domestos."The ex-Manchester United and Aston Villa star was fully aware he had put his life at risk.He added: "My chest was absolutely on fire. And I'm there thinking, 'This one's going to kill you. You're now in the process of melting your insides'."He then drank pints of water which saved his life.The next time he tried the stunt he ended up vomiting it all up.He said: "I think [my son] Chris heard the commotion and came sprinting up the stairs. Another lovely picture for the scrapbook."In the serialisation Back From The Brink in yesterday's Mail On Sunday, he also talks of the breakdown of his two marriages, his addiction to sleeping pills and his suicide bids.He signed for Villa from United in 1989 but by the seventh match his manager Graham Taylor suspected he was drunk on the pitch.McGrath said: "And then one day I slashed my wrists. In my memory, I'm sat on the end of the bed and Graham Taylor has just read me the riot act. "Did I seriously want to kill myself? I don't think so. I vividly remember the Stanley knife and the blood pouring on to the floor."The thought that I cut myself in front of Christopher, [four] well, it's not very brave is it?"When his first marriage fell apart after he discovered his wife had an affair with his best friend, he also tried to kill himself by ramming his car into a wall.Then he became addicted to tranquillisers in a bid to kick his drink habit.McGrath said: "It made such perfect sense. Take a tablet for confidence. Two, if you're feeling really fragile. And it wasn't difficult to get a prescription."But he then moved on to buy his drugs from hardened dealers after his doctors became more suspicious.McGrath claimed he still faces an uphill battle every day to stay sober.He said: "There is no happy ending on the horizon. Truth is, I'm still losing this fight, still slipping in and out of sobriety."Even on the good days, I need a crutch. Usually a handful of benzodiazepine. Anything to dull the fear."news@irishmirror.ieCAPTION(S):TROUBLED: Paul McGrath