In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.
Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could handle it.
I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.
Summer of 1967 was one of the happiest times of my life.
I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty to a mid-life crisis.
I tried to give up drugs by drinking.
I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.