Ronnie Wood admits he once smoked meringue by mistake - Entertainment - DNA: "Ronnie Wood has revealed that he was once so addicted to drugs that he mistakenly smoked meringue instead of crack cocaine.
'It got to the point where I would be on my hands and knees looking for crumbs that might have fallen out of the crack pipe,' News of the World quoted him as saying.
'I even banned my children eating meringues in the house after I ended up smoking sugar, believing it to be cocaine,' he said.
The Rolling Stones guitarist, who had a 3,000-pound-a-day freebase coke habit in the 1980s, said in an interview that booze was an even worse problem.
Two years ago, he was downing two bottles of vodka a day.
The rocker, who checked into rehab seven times in 30 years, says he has been sober for six months now and credits new girlfriend Ana Araujo with his success after she poured away all the alcohol in his house.
'It was just a downward spiral. When the last bottle went, it was the end of an era. Something clicked in me,' he added."

"RICKY HATTON was said to be “devastated” yesterday following newspaper allegations of cocaine use."RICKY HATTON was said to be “devastated” yesterday following newspaper allegations of cocaine use.

The former two-weight world champion was captured on video appearing to cut lines of the drug with a credit card before snorting them through a rolled up bank note.

Hatton, 31, has not fought since losing inside two rounds to Manny Pacquiao in May 2009 and has recently hinted he may retire.

Now he faces the biggest fight of his life outside of the ring and admits he has been urged by family and friends to seek help.