«I could have killed»: Anthony Hopkins on how he changed his fate
By giving up alcohol
On the eve of the release of his memoir We Made It, Boy, set to come out on November 4, 87-year-old Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins appeared on The New York Times podcast. In conversation with the journalist, the actor reflected on one of his most destructive addictions – alcohol.
Hopkins, who has been sober for nearly half a century, admitted that he once got behind the wheel drunk and nearly caused a serious accident.
«I was drunk, driving here in California. Half-conscious, not realizing where I was going, when suddenly I realized I could kill someone. Or myself – I didn’t care. It was exactly eleven o’clock, I looked at the clock. And then something strange happened: a deep, powerful voice sounded from within – like a radio announcer. It said, «It’s over. Now you can begin to live». And I understood: this was a sign», the actor recounted.
According to him, it was this very «inner voice» that completely freed him from the craving for alcohol and marked the beginning of his journey toward healing:
«The craving for alcohol vanished. Now I have no theories – only faith in some divine force, the force that lives in each of us and shapes us from birth. I believe it is consciousness. That is all I know».
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