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\nBy
\nDaily Mail Reporter<\/a>
Last updated at 1:34 AM on 29th March 2011<\/p>\n

She has a new clean-cut image, has undergone a dramatic weight loss and is enjoying a career revival thanks to her new reality series and a stint on Dancing On Ice.<\/p>\n

And despite her complete life makeover, Kerry Katona insists that she was never addicted to drugs.<\/p>\n

Looking back, the 30-year-old says of that ‘dark period’: ‘I was never an addict, I was more of an abuser.’<\/p>\n

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‘I feel amazing’: Kerry Katona insists she was never addicted to drugs but says she was ‘an abuser’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

So, she insists, staying clean hasn’t been hard. ‘I’m not struggling at all,’ she tells New! magazine. ‘I feel amazing.’<\/p>\n

Despite living a drug-free lifestyle, Kerry allows herself the occasional raucous night out.<\/p>\n

The reality star was pictured looking worse for wear on a recent girls night with The Only Way Is Essex star Amy Childs, Nicole McLean and Danielle Brown.<\/p>\n

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‘Dark period’: Kerry, pictured at the height of her drug problems during her infamous This Morning interview in 2008, tells New magazine that she is ‘not struggling’ to stay clean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She admits, laughing, ‘Tipsy is not the word. I was absolutely stonking! We\u2019re still
talking about it now.<\/p>\n

‘The last time I got drunk before last Wednesday was November. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t drink \u2013 if I go to the pub in the afternoon I\u2019ll have half a lager and lime. <\/p>\n

‘But it was a\u00a0 girls\u2019 night out, which I\u2019m sure every young girl does. I am only 30 after all!<\/p>\n

\n\"Girls<\/p>\n

Girls night: Despite her new clean lifestyle, Kerry admits to enjoying the odd raucous night out with friends Nicola McLean, Amy Childs and Danielle Brown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kerry is often seen out with Amy Childs and Nicola McLean as well as Peter Andre and Elen Rivas.<\/p>\n

The group share the same management and stick together. Of rising star Amy Childs, she says: ‘She\u2019s become a good friend. She texts me all the time, she\u2019s a lovely girl.’ <\/p>\n

The healthy and fit Kerry is far cry from the one just two years ago. At her lowest point, she admits to not remembering ‘chunks’ of her children’s lives because she was so ‘off her head’.<\/p>\n

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‘I am only 30!’ The mother-of-four admits she was ‘stonking’ during her recent night out in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In her previous reality show, the mother-of-four admitted, ‘I feel so ashamed and embarrassed because I’ve lost four years with the kids, spending time with them.<\/p>\n

‘I wish I could’ve done something about it sooner, but when you’re in love and you want that family unit, it’s just really hard.’<\/p>\n

Do you have a story about a celebrity? Call the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683. For U.S. stories, phone 310 642 2317.<\/span><\/p>\n

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