Brooke Shields lived in ‘agony’ over late mother’s alcoholism

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Brooke Shields admitted she lived in “agony” over her late mother’s alcoholism.Shields opened up about her relationship with her mom, Teri Shields, in her memoir, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old.” Teri passed away in October 2012 after a long illness due to dementia.“My mom always billed herself as someone who was non-judgmental – she really hung her hat on that – but that’s not how she came across to me,” Shields wrote in her memoir, according to Daily Mail. “I always felt like I was going to be in trouble for something, or that I was wrong, and I was often waiting for the other shoe to drop.

This is a consequence of being raised by an alcoholic.”“Mom’s alcoholism was a constant source of agony for me, and I was always a little skittish and on edge,” she continued. “Work, even if I knew both the industry and public opinion to be fickle, felt stable in the sense that when you were on set, the space was contained and there were rules by which you had to abide.

You and your schedule were always accounted for. That was freeing in a way.”Shields’ mom served as her manager beginning when the actress was only 11 months old.

While Shields felt “stable” on set, she didn’t know what to expect from her mother at home.“At home with my mom, on the other hand, I never knew what was going to happen,” the “Mother of the Bride” star admitted. “Plans would change at a moment’s notice.