Selma Blair got candid about her complicated history with alcohol — a dependency that started from a young age.“My first [time] drunk [was] when I was 7.
I had my first drinks much younger. Even as a little kid, that’s a comfort,” Blair, 49, said during an interview with Today‘s Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday, May 11. “It was hard.
I don’t know. But maybe it was easier. Maybe I never would have survived without a drink.”The Cruel Intentions actress recalled drinking heavily throughout elementary school, middle school, high school and college.
For Blair, alcohol helped her forget traumatic experiences that were affecting her mental health. “These were the things I drank to forget.
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