TOWIE star James Lock revealed he has made changes in his life after he had a 'mini-breakdown' last year.
The TV personality is set to make his appearance in the first series of the reality competition show, The Challenge UK.
However, James, 36, opened up to The Sun about his own life challenges.
The reality star revealed that he went through as rough patch with his mental health last year, just before he filmed the show.
James says he has since undergone several huge changes in his life with no distractions including "no booze, no women, no dramas."
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He admitted: "I had hit a bit of a low point. For someone like me that's confident, people don't believe that, but it was like a mini breakdown.
"What happened was, even though I've done well, I didn't feel like I had fulfilled where I should have been in life. I felt like I'd made a lot of mistakes.
"I was regretting a lot of stuff. I was at a low point and then you drink to forget, which is never good for me because I was self-sabotaging.
"I was making the wrong choices."
The star is best known for his appearances in the hit ITVBe series, The Only Way is Essex.
But he's getting ready to appear in the inaugural series of The Challenge UK, which is based off the MTV show of the same name.
He's competing against the likes of other reality TV stars from shows including Love Island, Strictly Come Dancing, Geordie Shore, Made In Chelsea and Big Brother on the programme presented by Mark Wright.
James is set to face the likes of Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, AJ and Curtis Pritchard, Love Island's Marcel Somerville and Arabella Chi and even his fellow Towie co-star Ella Wise.
In the first episode of the show, he had to be rushed to hospital after sustaining the gruesome injuries to his face, which left him looking unrecognisable, and “in agony.”
But even though the show tests the strength of the contestants, he says it helped him massively.
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He confessed to The Sun: "I think The Challenge came at the right time for me, I thought it would be good for me in a sense because it would take me away, disconnect me from reality, if you like.
"They take your phones off you and I'd be completely submerged within the show. I was looking at it as a bit like rehab.
"I've pulled myself out of that dark place."
"But depression and s*** happens to everyone and it's how you deal with it. It's how you pick yourself back up. I'm not here on a sob story but I picked myself out.
"I'm 80% now. I'm back. I'm in probably the best shape again. I'm fit. I'm confident. Everything's back.
The Towie star admitted that he has made several important changes in his life since he first broke down.
Speaking to The Sun, he admitted: "I'm not in contact with anyone daily. I'm clear-minded. I'm focused on myself and my business. I've got no distractions.
"I’m going teetotal this next year, completely. This year is about focusing on me, no booze, no women, no dramas."
The full series of The Challenge U.K. is available to stream on Paramount+ now.
