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Bradley Cooper - Sober for 15 years and nominated for Oscars for best actor and best movie for A Star is Born These amazing achievements are interrelated, as Bradley credits getting sober with his professional success. He also used the experience of battling his own demons to help his performance, which he describes as incredibly cathartic. Hurrah for Bradley!
One year ago today, I wrote in my journal, “I am an alcoholic.” Then I wrote, “F*CK.” You see, I’d been writing in my journal for months about how I couldn’t be one (because that’s what non-alcoholics do - ha!). Reasons I couldn’t be an alcoholic:
1. I’d never gotten a DUI.
2. I’d never lost a thing, not a house, not a car, not a relationship, not even my phone or wallet.
3. I’d written 20+ books to critical acclaim.
4. I didn’t drink in the morning. I rarely drank in the afternoons.
5. I didn’t get the shakes on the few days that I didn’t drink.
6. I hardly ever blacked out.
7. I just really liked wine, that was all.
8. No one in my life thought my drinking was a problem (not even my wife or closest friends). 9. I could MAKE myself have just a glass or two (when I out, when I had to drive). I was good! I was fine! I wasn’t an alcoholic! I’d told myself that for so long I almost believed it. Until I couldn’t believe it anymore.
Alcoholism came on me fast.
I’d always been a GOOD drinker. I could outdrink most of my friends, including Irish men. I loved to drink but only on the weekends. I could NOT drink if I needed to. Then in 2016, I quit my day job of 17 years, and said to myself, “Self, you’re 43 years old. If you’re not an alcoholic now, you’ll never be one! You can totes have some wine every night, like normal people do. Bottoms up!” So I started having a glass or two of wine every night. Within 2.5 years, it was a bottle and a half (or more) every night. Every single morning I woke up and said I wouldn’t drink that night. Every single night brought an excuse that made it okay for me to break that promise. I was tired. I wasn’t tired. I was happy. I was sad. I had something to celebrate. I had nothing to celebrate. ANYTHING was an excuse. I tried to give myself rules. No more than 12 drinks a week. Nothing but wine. Nothing but beer. Nothing but celebratory Scotch and only when I’d earned it. Never drink alone.
Nothing worked. Until something did. CLICK LINK IN BIO FOR THE REST OF THE STORY that is so long Instagram won't let me post anymore.
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