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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