The England legend went to Australia for the operation in 2018, having suffered from alcoholism for decades.
‘Gazza’, as he’s affectionately known, described himself as a ‘connoisseur of rehabs’ and is thought to have blown around £20million during his addiction.
But he insists he’s back in a good place after the pellet implants.
He told the Daily Mirror: “I’ve been to Australia, and spent £20,000 including all the travel, to get an operation that stops me drinking.
“You get pellets in your stomach and it makes you feel sick if you have too much.
“It means you can have a beer or a glass of wine and socialise, but you cannot have any more.
“As soon as you touch drugs or spirits it makes you feel sick. I just want to go and get drunk sometimes, and that’s what I have to stop. One drink can be too many, and then 50 is not enough.”
Gascoigne also says he’s able to resist a drink despite being offered one all the time by wellwishers.
He added: “I can walk down the booze aisle in Sainsbury’s – my arm doesn’t reach out to buy it so much now. I can control that urge.
“You have connoisseurs of wine. I am a connoisseur of rehabs. I’ve been for Calpol, I’ve been for Red Bull, for laxatives – once I just went for a holiday.”
His life has not been short of tragedy, Gascoigne admitting to being single for 20 years after his 1998 divorce from then-wife Sheryl but he admits he’s happy in his own company.
Gascoigne’s dad, John, took him to be sectioned in 2008 after taking cocaine along with his drinking.