Urban 'felt like drowning'

Keith Urban

New Zealand-born country music star Keith Urban says he felt he was drowning in the days before he went into rehab for alcoholism.

Urban, who married actress Nicole Kidman in Sydney in June, advised people struggling with addiction to communicate with the people in their lives.

Urban, who has publicly acknowledged a former addiction to cocaine, says his advice for souls at sea is to "stay communicating with the people around you".