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03-31-2018, 01:20 AM
http://www.nickiswift.com/115888/john-goodman-opens-battle-alcoholism/
John Goodman is opening up about his past.
The*Roseanne*star spoke candidly about his battle with alcohol addiction during his interview*on*Sunday Today with Willie Geist, which will air on Sunday, April 1, 2018.
"I got so lucky because I was still getting hired for things, but the fact is I was drinking at work,"*Goodman, who has been sober for 10 years now, began.*"My speech would be slurred. I thought I was fooling people. My cheeks would turn bright red when I was liquored up. I just looked like a stop sign."
The*Big Lebowski star went on to explain that his "tipping point" had been "a long weekend of 'playing golf' with [his] friends."
"I had to go accept an Emmy award. So I missed the rehearsal because I was drunk," Goodman continued. "And then by the time Sunday morning rolled around, I was shaking. I was still drinking, but I was still shaking. I had the clarity of thought that I needed to be hospitalized."
After calling his wife,*Anna Beth Goodman, which he jokingly said "was like turning myself into the Gestapo," she made some phone calls to get him help.
"She got me into a treatment center," the 65-year-old actor added. "And I detoxed there and decided I liked the feeling. And it's been 10 years."
According to Entertainment Tonight, Goodman previously revealed that his longtime co-star Roseanne Barr also played a major role in his journey to sobriety.*
"She was scared for me, but she was more confrontational," he said during their joint appearance on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show*this week. "She'd already had a husband go through the process."*To which Barr added, "It's hard to watch."
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John Goodman is opening up about his past.
The*Roseanne*star spoke candidly about his battle with alcohol addiction during his interview*on*Sunday Today with Willie Geist, which will air on Sunday, April 1, 2018.
"I got so lucky because I was still getting hired for things, but the fact is I was drinking at work,"*Goodman, who has been sober for 10 years now, began.*"My speech would be slurred. I thought I was fooling people. My cheeks would turn bright red when I was liquored up. I just looked like a stop sign."
The*Big Lebowski star went on to explain that his "tipping point" had been "a long weekend of 'playing golf' with [his] friends."
"I had to go accept an Emmy award. So I missed the rehearsal because I was drunk," Goodman continued. "And then by the time Sunday morning rolled around, I was shaking. I was still drinking, but I was still shaking. I had the clarity of thought that I needed to be hospitalized."
After calling his wife,*Anna Beth Goodman, which he jokingly said "was like turning myself into the Gestapo," she made some phone calls to get him help.
"She got me into a treatment center," the 65-year-old actor added. "And I detoxed there and decided I liked the feeling. And it's been 10 years."
According to Entertainment Tonight, Goodman previously revealed that his longtime co-star Roseanne Barr also played a major role in his journey to sobriety.*
"She was scared for me, but she was more confrontational," he said during their joint appearance on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show*this week. "She'd already had a husband go through the process."*To which Barr added, "It's hard to watch."
Read More: http://www.nickiswift.com/115888/john-goodman-opens-battle-alcoholism/?utm_campaign=clip