By Jon Boon - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Bobby Brown has told family and friends that not having daughter Bobbi Kristina in his life has left him depressed and empty, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

The 'My Prerogative' singer has struggled since becoming estranged from his daughter and those closest to Brown, 43, believe that was the catalyst for his downward spiral into alcohol addiction, which has contributed to his two DUI arrests this year.

Brown feels like a failure as a father and is afraid his youngest kid will grow up thinking he is a bad dad. “Bobby has been down in the dumps about his relationship with Bobbi Kristina for some time,” a source close to the family revealed.

“It was certainly what started the ball rolling in terms of falling foul to his demons once again and he’s been hitting the bottle hard. Bobbi Kristina doesn’t want to talk to him, doesn’t want to meet up and it’s left Bobby feeling dead inside.

“He feels at a loose end because he hears of Bobbi Kristina’s problems and wants to help, but she just won’t listen to him.

“It’s left him believing he has failed her as a father, and now he’s concerned that Cassius will grow up thinking the same,” the source divulged.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Bobby’s family are petrified that he may end up in jail, but they believe serv