Alec Baldwin has opened up about being nearly 40 years sober.
“I don’t discuss this lots,” Baldwin, 66, said on the Wednesday, May 1, episode of the “Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson” podcast. “I discuss it from time to time when it is sensible. I’m 39 years sober. I got sober February 23, 1985.”
Baldwin explained that his struggles with substance abuse began when he relocated from Latest York City to Los Angeles in 1983.
“I had a white-hot problem daily for 2 years. I feel I snorted a line of cocaine from here to Saturn — did one on the rings of Saturn, then we got here home,” the 30 Rock alum recalled. “I mean, cocaine was like coffee back then. Everybody was doing all of it day long.”
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Once Baldwin quit using drugs, he began depending on alcohol to deal with the withdrawal.
“I ended doing drugs [and] my drinking increased, which they inform you goes to occur,” he said. “And that did occur. I just began drinking.”
Baldwin added, “I don’t miss drugs in any respect, but I do miss drinking. I prefer to drink.”
Despite having fun with taking a drink, Baldwin asserts that he has not relapsed, which he credits to living in Manhattan.
Alec Baldwin circa 1995 David Keeler/Getty Images
“Latest York relaxes me. I walk around, and I see facets of it that I’ve never seen before,” Baldwin, who moved back to the Big Apple in 2014, added. “I [also try] to meditate. Meditating with seven children [however] is like attempting to play ping pong on the deck of an aircraft carrier –– it’s an actual pain within the ass.”
Alec shares daughter Ireland, 28, with ex-wife Kim Basinger and 7 younger children with wife Hilaria Baldwin. The actor and Hilaria, 40, share daughters Carmen, 10, Lucia, 3, and Ilaria, 2, in addition to sons Rafael, 8, Leonardo, 7, Romeo, 5 and Eduardo, 3.
Alec Baldwin has had his justifiable share of scandals over the course of his life in the general public eye. From two arrests to the infamous voicemail he left his daughter Ireland Baldwin, the 30 Rock alum has often made headlines for his controversial behavior — and maybe never more serious than when he was involved within the fatal […]
Alec has previously been candid about his sobriety. During a March 2017 Good Morning America interview, Alec credited his decision to get clean to experiencing an overdose.
“I feel I used to be one among the individuals who was lucky that it stuck, and due to this fact if I didn’t get it then, I feel I’d’ve got it will definitely,” he said on a March 2017 episode of GMA “I do know that at the moment, what I describe — overdosing on drugs — which I’ve kept very private for years and years. But I’m glad I got it after I did ’cause not many individuals get sober after they’re young.”
He concluded on the time, “There was really, really lots of pain in there. Plenty of pain.”
When you or someone you understand is combating substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
