United Kingdom, April 19 -- Andrew Lloyd Webber is a recovering alcoholic.

The 78-year-old legendary composer announced in 2016 that he hadn't had a drink for two years, but he has now admitted that, while he stopped drinking while producing School of Rock on Broadway at that time, he secretly went back to alcohol afterwards and sought help just over a year ago.

He admitted to The Sunday Times newspaper: "I was doing what they call 'white-knuckling', without any back-up, and I started to worry that I wasn't being creative.

"And I thought, 'But I've said to everybody that I'm not drinking.' So I started to drink secretly...

"I am a recovering alcoholic. Sixteen months ago I decided that I needed help and it's the best thing that ever h...