United Kingdom, March 11 -- Eve felt at her lowest prior to her DUI arrest.

The 46-year-old star was apprehended after crashing her Maserati in Hollywood in 2007 and admits that the incident was at the height of a dark period of struggle with substance abuse and anxiety.

Speaking on the 'Mad, Sad and Bad' with Paloma Faith podcast: "I would say that closest time probably was right before my DUI, like before I got into that accident, the car accident, because I was drinking, but I was also taking Xanax on top of the drinking, so I was really trying to be numb.

"And that's crazy, that is something you really should not be doing."

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