I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it.
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.
But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.
An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.
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.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Yeah, I admit to myself, yeah, I'm an alcoholic.