United Kingdom, Sept. 5 -- Lulu has revealed her secret alcohol addiction.

The 76-year-old singer admitted she battled alcoholism for years but after finally giving up drinking, she has "never been happier in life".

She told The Times newspaper: "I was a secret drinker. I think I always wanted to be Miss Perfect, the 'best Lulu', and I was terrified of being like my father.

"For years, I made a choice not to talk about [my alcoholism] publicly. I chose to wait until I had the language to understand it before I could start spouting off.

"I've learnt a lot from other people, their memoirs, and self-help books too, so maybe I can be of some help now."

Lulu believes her drinking was "controllable" until she reached her sixties and her so...