Ex-addict Kelly Osbourne says that Demi Lovato, who is in a stable condition in hospital after OD'ing,  needs to be shown love and compassion in order to help her get back on the right track.

"I can’t imagine what Demi’s going through right now even though I know what it’s like to have the whole world talk about you in your most vulnerable state. People need to just show love and pray for her and know that it’s OK, just get back on track again," says Kelly Osbourne.

The pop star was rushed to hospital following a reported drug overdose on Sunday night. Lovato, who had previously struggled with cocaine and Oxycontin addictions, had been clean for six years until she recently fell off the wagon.

In 2010, the singer was treated for bipolar disorder, bulimia, self-harm and addiction. After relapsing, she then entered a sober living facility for a year and managed to remain sober for the past six years.... until her recent relapse.

Opening up about her own battle with drugs on ITV's show Loose Women, the daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne points out that rehab "doesn’t fix you".

She explains, "Relapse is one of the hardest things we face as an open addict who has gone through the programme and turned their life around. People need to know rehab doesn’t fix you, it just helps you to get yourself on the right track. You’re never fixed. You spend your whole entire life doing everything you can to never pick up and use again."

Demi  had addressed her own sobriety when she released a single entitled Sober only back in June. Kelly reckons people are "born with" addiction; she likened it to a mental health issue.

"I could be addicted to absolutely anything - biggest was probably drugs and alcohol, though. As an addict, when I wanted to relapse, when I wanted to use, I could have sober companions, I could have my parents there, I could have my best friends, I could have people who love and care and would do anything for me," she said.

"If I wanted to get it, I would get it. It’s got nothing to do with the people around you per se. When you want it, you will get it. The sad part about addiction, it does not discriminate.

"It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what you believe in. It takes hold of anyone and everyone if it can."

The 33-year-old spoke about her own experiences of picking herself back up after her own relapses, which will give you some inkling about how Demi is feeling right now.

"Sitting in a moment and being uncomfortable in that moment is really hard for me, but that feeling is so much better than the feeling that you have to face when you have messed up, when you have to go back and say, ‘I have relapsed’ and face your life when it’s a mess," she explained.

"There’s no such thing as embarrassment when you’re an addict. You skip that and go straight to shame. You shame yourself so hardcore.

"I can’t imagine what Demi’s going through right now even though I know what it’s like to have the whole world talk about you in your most vulnerable state. People need to just show love and pray for her and know that it’s OK, just get back on track again."