Spears' started drugs, drink in childhood, says uncle

Britney Spears' uncle claims that she started experimenting with drugs and drinks from a very early age. The 49-year-old William Spears spoke candidly about the troubled singer's early problems. He said that Spears started drinking from the time she was 13 and indulged in drugs at 14. She is also reportedly scared that she will follow in the footsteps of her grandmother who committed suicide at the age of 31. William said Spears went 'buck-wild' when she turned 18 and tried cocaine on her birthday, thesun.co.uk reports. He added: "She has tried just about everything - cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy." He believes her present problems can be traced back to her difficult past. He continued: "I'm not just a family friend or someone who claims to know them. I was there every day, working with them. I have seen all the terrible things happen." However, Spears' on and off photographer boyfriend Adnan Ghalib claims she neither is neither crazy nor suicidal. He claims she loves her sons too much to kill herself. Spears was recently involved in a stand-off and had to be admitted to the hospital when she refused to hand over her sons after their visitation time was over. Ghalib explained: "She was afraid. It is just helplessness, loss of control. It doesn't make you crazy. She's no different from any mum. She needs them."