article_snippet: Just last week, his appeared in good spirits on the BT Sport Fletch and Sav show and joked about his alcohol problems .
article_snippet: The former professional footballer was hospitalised in October last year, during which The former professional footballer was placed on a three-day emergency detox.
article_snippet: The star, who made 57 appearances for England, was first sectioned under the Mental Health Act in 2008 following an incident at a Newcastle hotel.
article_snippet: The former professional footballer latest sectioning in the early hours of October 24 came following an apparent alcohol binge.
article_snippet: During The former professional footballer time in hospital, The former professional footballer is said to have taken the opportunity to improve The former professional footballer health and fitness by doing up to 800 press-ups, sit-ups and squats every day.
article_snippet: Last month, The former professional footballer admitted that 'the only person who can save me is me', and vowed to stay on the straight and narrow after listening to doctors' warnings that alcohol will kill The former professional footballer.
highlights_snippet: Comes just a week after The former England footballer insisted The former England footballer had not fallen off the wagon .
  