United Kingdom, Sept. 25 -- Justin Hawkins has admitted "bits of [his] nose fell out" at the height of his cocaine addiction.

The Darkness frontman spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the drug before getting sober 20 years ago, and he's reflected on the "cataclysmically awful" times that saw him hit rock bottom and vow to change his life.

Speaking on Andrew Gold's Heretics podcast, he said: "I sometimes think about what it would be like if I had a sip of alcohol now and I think it would probably burn.

"I think now it's been so long that I can't even imagine drinking. So to ask me what it tasted like or felt like is a difficult question to answer honestly.

"I can still remember the smell of cocaine and the numbing sensation.

"I r...