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"It took a very serious trip to the hospital to open Deryck Whibley&amp;apos;s eyes. The Sum 41 frontman and ex-husband of pop rocker Avril Lavigne had a scary wake up call recently when he was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed in his home.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThe musician, 34, opened up about the experience on his website, explaining how he wound up strapped to an IV.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;The reason I got so sick is from all the hard boozing I&amp;#x2019;ve been doing over the years,&amp;quot; he wrote on the site. &amp;quot;It finally caught up to me. I was drinking hard every day. I was sitting at home, poured myself another drink around midnight and was about to watch a movie when all of a sudden I didn&amp;#x2019;t feel so good. I then collapsed to the ground unconscious. My fianc&amp;#xE9; got me rushed to the hospital where they put me into the intensive care unit. I was stuck with needles and I.V.&amp;#x2019;s all over.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhibley explained that the experience has forced him to give up drinking all together.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My liver and kidneys collapsed on me,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;Needless to say it scared me straight. I finally realized I can&amp;#x2019;t drink anymore. If I have one drink the docs say I will die. I&amp;#x2019;m not preaching or anything but just always drink responsibly.&amp;quot;\r\nWhibley was married to Lavigne from 2006 to 2010, and though she remarried Nickelback&amp;apos;s Chad Kroeger in 2013, the &amp;quot;Hello Kitty&amp;quot; singer wrote a supportive note on Twitter about her ex.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Spoke to @Sum41 Deryck today,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;I am so proud of him. He is family to me and always will be. #StayStrongDeryck.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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