Hardy fears addiction slip

English actor Tom Hardy fears slipping back into addiction and destroying his career.

The "Dark Knight Rises" star claims to have been clean of alcohol and cocaine use for the last ten years after checking into rehab in 2003.

Hardy told the Daily Mirror that he loves acting but that he fears "destroying" everything he has worked for if he starts drinking or doing cocaine again.

"If I had four pints of lager and half a bottle of vodka I could turn this room into an absolute f***ing nightmare in about three minutes. I could destroy everything in my life I have worked so hard for.

"If I stop working they might take it away from me. People will say, ‘Tommy you’re doing well,’ and I say, ‘Am I?’ In my head I’m still the kid. Does that make sense?"

I love what I do, but it’s driven by a fear of not being able to do it. It’s the same with drinking – if I stop then who am I? What have I got? I have to watch that drive.

"It doesn’t matter how well I am doing, I’m only that far away from f***ing it all up."

The 36-year-old Hardy is engaged to marry 32-year-old actress Charlotte Riley.