Denzel Washington gets candid about past drug and alcohol use: ‘I’ve done a lot of damage’

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Esquire.Washington said his unhealthy habits started with wine. “Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden,” he shared in the interview.

The “Gladiator II” actor explained, “I never got strung out on heroin. Never got strung out on coke. Never got strung out on hard drugs.

I shot dope just like they shot dope, but I never got strung out.“And I never got strung out on liquor. I had this ideal idea of wine tastings and all that — which is what it was at first.

And that’s a very sub­tle thing. I mean, I drank the best.”Washington shared that he had a massive wine cellar in his home and often blew through thousands of dollars on pricey bottles.“I learned to drink the best.