Gary Oldman has shared the "hell" of his two decades as an alcoholic. The Oscar-winner has been sober for 24 years, but vividly recalls what life used to be like when he drank to excess.
He told the LA Times : "I used to sweat vodka. It becomes such a part of you. "My tongue would be black in the morning. I blamed it on the shampoo.
I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, to be in the grip of it. It’s hell." Oldman developed what he calls a self-effacing humour to "mask the inadequacy", and used to joke about his heavy drinking.
The father-of-three recalls: "I would sit down and tell the waiter, ‘I’ll have a large vodka tonic. And can you bring it now because I’m an alcoholic.
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