When I was still drinking, I thought I was kind of in control of everything in my life and other people's lives and realized at some point that that just wasn't the case at all.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.
I lose all control after two drinks of anything.
I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.
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 never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.
In my life, things have happened to me. I've never felt I was controlling anything.
I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.