JAILED Jack Fincham was at rock bottom when he faced “imminent death” during a drug relapse – but “turned his life around” in recent months.
The Love Island star had quit fame and was back selling pens before he was handed a six-week prison sentence.
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Jack, 33, was sent down for admitting being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog who attacked a runner and mauled a woman.
It follows numerous run-ins with the law since 2021 when he was arrested for drug-driving.
“Death was on the cards for me, it was imminent,” Jack previously told The Sun in an emotional interview.
He added that his 2023 conviction on the same charge was the wake-up call he needed.
He said at the time as he signed up to his first Narcotics Anonymous meeting: “This has made me realise that I have to take responsibility for my actions.
“I was carrying on with the same lifestyle after the arrest, but now it’s hit home.
“I’m glad it’s happened. That’s how life is, if you make a mistake, you have to pay for it. I deserve to have a driving ban and be doing community service.
“I had no respect for myself and was selfish about others. I didn’t care what happened to me in the frame of my mind I was in. I wasn’t thinking about what harm I could do to myself or how I could hurt others.
“This isn’t about wanting people to feel sorry for me. It’s embarrassing enough as it is.
“This is more about explaining I have been going through a problem and I still am. I’ll always have to work on this problem.
“I’m not saying ‘poor me, poor me’. Getting behind the wheel of the car when you’ve taken drugs is not acceptable – but the real turning point was getting in trouble with the police and realising that I could have killed myself or someone else in that car.”
Jack has battled mental health issues since finding fame in the Love Island villa back in 2018.
His new-found fame saw him thrown from a 9 to 5 job selling pens to partying most nights – and his addiction battle soon spiralled out of control.
Alongside using class A drugs, including cocaine, Jack was taking at least 30 diazepam pills a day to cope with his crippling anxiety.
The 33-year-old previously vowed: “I ain’t going to let addiction beat me, I won’t.”
