SALVAGE Hunters star Drew Pritchard has revealed he was forced to ditch drinking and start "from scratch" after a string of personal woes.<\/p>\n

The antiques dealer, 53, found fame on the popular programme more than a decade ago, after a lifelong fascination with treasures.<\/p>\n

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The long-running series follows the decorative salvage dealer as he travels throughout the UK in search of antiques to re-sell.<\/p>\n

However, dealing with pressures including a divorce from his wife Rebecca in 2017, Drew decided he had to quit drinking two years ago. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a blip in the middle where everything just got too much for me, which I\u2019m over now and working on," he told The Times. <\/p>\n

"I\u2019ve started again from scratch. I\u2019ve completely binned my old life and started afresh."<\/p>\n

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The same year as his divorce, Drew was accused of an affair with a businessman\u2019s wife which led to him being attacked by her husband.<\/p>\n

In 2018, he was reportedly banned from every pub in his hometown of Conwy in North Wales. <\/p>\n

The trouble followed decades of fascination with antiques after Drew said he\u00a0wanted to be a dealer by the age of 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents are still digging up boxes of old rubbish I found when I was a kid – I\u2019d drag it all home," he said. <\/p>\n

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"They even built another shed for me as I\u2019d filled all the sheds in the garden with junk!"<\/p>\n

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