George Michael swaps drugs for Coronation Street after car accident

George Michael has revealed that he has finally waved goodbye to drugs, after a number of vehicle-related incidents, including crashing his car into a London branch of Snappy Snaps in 2010.

Michael had a prolific cannabis habit, as mentioned in numerous interviews, a pastime which eventually led him to smoking up to 25 spliffs in one day. This led to the well publicised car crash in 2010 which - when driving under the influence of marijuana - he crashed into the Hampstead photograhpy store and ended up spending 8 weeks in jail. He now claims to have quit the habit.

"I've completely stopped. I have decided to change my life and I haven't touched it for well over a year and a half now," Michael told the Big Issue, also mentioning how he replaced drugs with soap operas. "I watch Corrie (Coronation Street) especially because it's more of a laugh. Even when life is tragic on Coronation Street, it's still funny."

Speaking of his stint in jail Michael had the following to say: "I knew I deserved to go to prison. I just thought 'get your head down and get on with it.' I was pretty overwhelmed by the love and support they (fans) showed me."

In 2013, he contracted near-fatal pneumonia and afterwards ended up in another near fatal car accident. This time he managed to fall out of the door of the moving vehicle and end up being airlifted to a nearby hospital with life threatening injuries.