Four-day booze benders and struggles when Man 部隊d fans in town bought him drinks: Paul Gascoigne opens up on his new life in Bournemouth, where he stays in spare room of his スパイ／執行官's alcohol-解放する／自由な house

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England legend Paul Gascoigne has opened up on his new life living on the south coast of England, where he stays in the spare room of his スパイ／執行官's alcohol-解放する／自由な home.?

Gascoigne, 56, has 公然と 戦う／戦いd mental health problems and alcohol 中毒 since his 伝説の football career （機の）カム to an end 支援する in 2004.?

He made 57 外見s for his country and played for a host of 最高の，を越す 味方するs 含むing Tottenham, Newcastle, Lazio and 特別奇襲隊員s.

On Tuesday, it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that he now lives with his スパイ／執行官 Katie Davies on a 居住の street in Poole - seven miles outside of Bournemouth.

During the interview with High 業績／成果, 'Gazza' also 明らかにする／漏らすd that when he arrived on the south coast he would get stopped by football fans for a drink and how he went on 'three or four-day booze benders'.

Paul Gascoigne opened up on his never-ending 戦う／戦い to stay sober and on his new life living on the south coast in the spare room of his スパイ／執行官's alcohol-解放する／自由な house

Gascoigne said it was a 'nightmare' when he first moved, bringing up a story of how Manchester 部隊d fans bought him drinks when they travelled to Bournemouth for a game

'Gazza' is regarded as one of the best English players of all time with 57 caps for his country

The former England international pictured with his 経営者／支配人 Katie Davies in October 2019

He said: 'Bournemouth's not such a football town. When I first arrived I was getting stopped at 週末s, it was a nightmare.?

'If Bournemouth was playing at home, playing like Manchester 部隊d, the town would be 十分な of Man 部隊d fans.'

When asked by Jake Humphrey whether it was 'hard' to を取り引きする everybody wanting to buy him a drink, Gascoigne joked: 'Oh yeah, that's a good thing - saves me money.

'But no, I've had that all my life. It's not the drink so much it's the consequences.

'I know I'm in trouble if I look at my 動きやすい and I've got like 30 messages and 30 行方不明になるd calls - I think "oh s***".

'I've been alright, last year wasn't brilliant, I was off and on - a couple of months and then a three-four day bender.'

Gascoigne, who was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 before calling time on his career in 2004, has struggled with his 戦う／戦い for sobriety since 退職.

He went to rehab for a seventh time for alcohol 中毒 in 2014, …に出席するing a £6,000-a-month clinic in Southampton, and has even paid £20,000 to have anti-boozing pellets put into his stomach in a 企て，努力，提案 to stop drinking. He 認める during a 2021 interview that he will 'always be an アル中患者'.

Gascoigne said he would get stopped for drinks by fans in Bournemouth and would go on 'three or four day benders' after months of 存在 away from alcohol

Gazza has struggled for sobriety since his 退職 from football two １０年間s ago

Pictured during a television interview with ITV last year, Gascoigne's 戦う／戦い with alcohol has led to a 一連の 逮捕（する）s for drunk and disorderly behaviour and drink-運動ing offences

Gascoigne's 戦う／戦い with alcohol has also led to a 一連の 逮捕（する）s for drunk and disorderly and drink-運動ing offences. The former superstar 収容する／認めるs he barely watches football anymore because of how much he 行方不明になるs it.

The former midfielder, who used to …に出席する アル中患者s 匿名の／不明の 会合s 'all the time' but now goes far いっそう少なく frequently, 認める that he is trying to 支払う／賃金 visits more often.

'I went to a 会合 the other night so that was alright. Just an AA 会合. I went with a friend and that was okay. They're alright, 害のない,' he said.

During the interview Gascoigne said that he 'used to be a happy drunk' but is now a 'sad drunk' as he likes to drink indoors rather than going out.?

He also said that if he 'wants to make it a bad day' he will go to the pub, while on good days he will go fishing.??

He 追加するd: 'People know Paul Gascoigne but Gazza, no one knows. Even me いつかs. I've spent a lot of years 存在 負かす／撃墜する, when I did my ligaments and then my kneecap, I 行方不明になるd four years of football. I would've got 100 caps (for England).

'I try not to get 負かす／撃墜する because the world's already 負かす／撃墜する enough. And when I'm really 負かす／撃墜する, that's when I 選ぶ up a drink to 元気づける myself up.

'I don't think I let any 経営者／支配人s 負かす／撃墜する, or the players or the fans you know. If there was anyone I let 負かす／撃墜する, it was myself. But more the drinking 味方する of it, when I finished playing.'

Now, rather than binging on booze, Gascoigne drinks coffee in plentiful 供給（する）. The former footballer 認める during the interview that he'll often drink six coffees by 10am and total だいたい 15 packets of Mocha a day.

'It's 平易な really, I just try to keep away from places,' he continued. 'If I have a drink, I have one because I want one, it's not for any 推論する／理由 in particular. I don't 非難する anyone, I used to 非難する a lot of people when I was drinking. "It's f***ing because he did that". "Because such and such did this".

'After going to th e first couple of 会合s, I did the 12 steps and one of the steps was to 会合，会う the person you 非難するd and apologise to them.'

The England legend opened up on how he once apologised to a shop owner after stealing a chocolate 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業. The vendor told Gascoigne that the shop's CCTV cameras had caught him, but he chose to do nothing about it because it was 'him'.

Some members of the public, however, are いっそう少なく 肉親，親類d and 許すing of Gascoigne. Katie, who keeps no alcohol in the house, 明らかにする／漏らすd that some people will occasionally leave 瓶／封じ込めるs of gin on the doorstep, waiting for Gascoigne to unknowingly 選ぶ the 瓶／封じ込める up and opportunistically take a photograph.

開始 up on his life after football and how he 取引，協定s with his past, Gascoigne continued: 'I called Katie up in November a few years ago crying my 注目する，もくろむs out.

Gascoigne cries after England's World Cup 半分-final 敗北・負かす by West Germany in July, 1990

Gascoigne (pictured with Gary Lineker) played for clubs 含むing Tottenham, Newcastle, Lazio and 特別奇襲隊員s

'What I put myself through and other people, 刑務所，拘置所 and rehab - taking コカイン off 洗面所 seats - and then I'm asked to be 外交官／大使 for my country, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

'When I do these 発生地s, I hardly talk about football, more the crazy stuff I used to get up to. I've got to get straight in and get them laughing.

'There's a few times when I've cried on 行う／開催する／段階. You 行方不明になる it on a Saturday, you know, entertaining people. I got such a f***ing buzz from it and you 行方不明になる that.

'I can be emotionally soft. It doesn't take long for us to cry いつかs. I keep a lot of stuff in, stuff I should 株 but get 脅すd of 株ing with people. I don't think I'll ever grow up, which I don't mind you know?

'I'm proud of what I've given people. I gave nearly a million quid to 10 different charities and called them to keep it 静かな.

'I've never (given up). I think the time I'll give in is when I'm in a 木造の box. Apart from that, I'll keep on fighting on.'