Alcoholism is an addiction that affects not only a person’s physical health, but also his mental state, leading to the collapse of social and family life. When alcoholism becomes a major problem, it is noticeable in the way people become unable to cope with work and other responsibilities as alcohol begins to dominate all aspects of their lives, including relationships with others.
Alcoholism is a detrimental habit that takes its toll on any addict, but when it comes to celebrities, the problem reaches a whole different level as their lives are under scrutiny. Alcoholism can ruin their careers and seriously damage their personal and social lives. Here is a list of 26 stars whose lives and careers were affected by alcoholism:
Mel Gibson
Everyone knows that Mel Gibson is a famous Hollywood actor, but in addition to this, he is also a producer and director. There were many ups and downs in his career. One of his most famous works is the film “Braveheart,” in which he acted as a director, producer and actor. This film brought him a Golden Globe award. However, in 2006, Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving, and this event led to many other problems that affected his public and personal life. Fortunately, he has since managed to cope with his problem and his behavior, restored his damaged relationships and his career.
Lindsay Lohan
The fact that Lindsay Lohan considers herself an experienced rehabilitator speaks volumes. She has been to rehab centers so many times that she can hardly count them. As a teenager, Lohan was a very responsible girl who did not go to school parties or drink alcohol. She got drunk for the first time at the age of 17, and Lindsay's mother punished her by making her sleep in vomit.
Although Lindsay had been to rehab many times, she claimed that she did not consider herself an alcoholic because she had never experienced a hangover in the morning. However, in 2010, when Lohan was admitted to the Betty Ford Center, the actress said that she was working to overcome her addiction and was making positive steps towards positive changes. She also said that she understands that her addiction is a disease that will not go away overnight.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee's addiction began after cosmetic surgery, when she began taking painkillers, perpetuating the effect a large number alcohol. But it should be noted that this problem did not last long: she managed to quickly cope with it and move on with the thought that overcoming this addiction is the greatest success in her life.
Jamie Lee Curtis is best known for her role in A Fish Called Wanda and the Halloween horror film series. In Freaky Friday, she played the mother of a wild teenager played by Lindsay Lohan (who also had a drinking problem, as mentioned above). In addition to acting in films, she participated in photography without makeup and subsequent retouching. This made the actress look at herself in a new way and feel the oppressive need to always look great, which was the beginning of her problems with alcohol. When the actress overcame this addiction, she began to promote the philosophy of accepting yourself for who you are.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp also had problems with alcohol in the past, although you could never tell from his performance in films.
Depp starred in many successful films, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Edward Scissorhands" and other films by Tim Burton and Jim Jarmusch. Perhaps his experience alcohol addiction was exactly what helped him play the drunken Jack Sparrow in Pirates so successfully and convincingly.
Johnny Depp is one of the greatest film actors, and his alcohol addiction did not affect his career. He still remains famous and popular. Bye.
Anthony Hopkins
Best known for his role in The Silence of the Lambs, in which he played the Oscar-winning character Hannibal Lecter, the actor had long struggled with uncontrollable alcohol addiction. The turning point for him was the event when he woke up in another state, absolutely not understanding where he was and how he got here. It was then that the actor realized that his habit had become a problem, so he decided to join Alcoholics Anonymous. From that moment on, he never returned to the past.
Hopkins' problems with alcohol began while he was working as an actor in the UK. It seemed to him that the stage was not for him, and so he began to drink to relax and relieve stress. He quit drinking in 1975 and hasn't touched a drop of alcohol since.
Elton John
Like many other artists, Elton John began drinking and using drugs to gain confidence before performing. His manager first gave him cocaine to try. John admitted that he did not think about the consequences of substance abuse and did not pay attention to it until the habit got out of control. In addition to addiction to alcohol and cocaine, the singer developed bulimia.
John managed to get back on track with the help of his friend Ryan White, who was infected HIV infection during a blood transfusion, however, he remained strong until the very end, helping everyone who, like him, became infected with this disease.
John was able to come to his senses with the help of White and since then - for more than 20 years - has remained sober.
Eminem
The story of Eminem's struggle with alcoholism is no secret. His substance abuse reached its climax in 2007, when he began taking more than 30 pills a day, generously doused with alcohol.
Prior to this, in 2005, Eminem almost died from an overdose. This marked the beginning of his efforts to become sober and a better father to his daughter Hailey.
Eminem's life has not been easy, considering his alcohol and drug abuse and his unstable relationship with his mother Hailie. However, his addiction is now a thing of the past, and his music career is gaining momentum again. An unexpected friendship with Sir Elton John helped Eminem become a teetotaler, and now his compositions are again at the top of the music charts.
Steven Tyler
The leader and vocalist of the famous rock band Aerosmith, Steven Tyler has experienced many ups and downs both in his career and in his personal life.
Tyler's fans have given him the nickname "The Screaming Demon" for his amazing vocal range. Fans adore the singer not only for his voice, but also for the energy he puts into every performance. It is clear that he loves his job and completely devotes himself to music and his fans.
Obviously, Tyler has become very famous over the course of his career, and with great success and fame comes pressure and struggle. Tyler began using alcohol and drugs to cope with the pressure, and this negatively affected his singing career, leading to a decline in the popularity of Aerosmith.
However, Tyler decided to improve, and after he left the rehab center in 1986, he managed to recover and put all his strength into restoring the group to its former glory.
Tyler remained sober for the next 20 years, after which he relapsed and began abusing painkillers. However, this did not last long as he managed to bring this addiction under control. He checked into rehab again in 2009 and has remained sober since then.
Robert Downey Jr.
Of all the stars on this list who have had problems with alcohol, it can be said that Robert Downey Jr. had the worst problems, as well as the most unexpected extraordinary recovery. The actor began the daily tradition of drinking, reaching the point where he could not spend a single evening without a glass in his hand.
There were also cases where he mixed alcohol with drugs. His behavior became so uncontrollable that one day he couldn’t find his way home and fell asleep in a neighbor’s house, falling asleep in his child’s bed. Naturally, the child's mother called the rescue service.
Robert successfully dealt with his problem, from which he owed his salvation to his wife Susan Downey. Having overcome alcoholism, he was able to take control of his career, starring in films such as “ iron man" and "Sherlock Holmes".
Billie Holiday
This beautiful woman with an angelic voice faced enormous pressure caused by her growing fame. Before starting her singing career, she worked as a receptionist in a brothel, but her connection to prostitution goes back much further, as her mother was arrested for prostitution when Billy was 12 years old.
During her short but successful career, Billie Holiday worked with artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and many others.
Alcohol addiction caused serious damage to her health: the singer developed cirrhosis of the liver. Doctors advised her not to drink anymore, otherwise this habit would destroy her, but she could not resist the temptation - the addiction got the better of her. The singer died at the age of 44 in 1959, but to this day she remains known as one of the best singers of her time.
Betty Ford
The future First Lady of the United States announced in 1970 that she was struggling with alcoholism. When she began the recovery process, she openly stated that her father and brother were also alcoholics.
Betty Ford's substance abuse sometimes got so out of control that she took more than 20 painkillers a day and a "normal amount" of alcohol (a couple of cocktails at parties).
Somehow, Ford managed to overcome her alcohol addiction while she needed to take care of her family.
Later, in 1978, when she was already the former First Lady, she went to Long Beach Naval Hospital to undergo treatment for alcohol addiction. Former President I also completely stopped drinking alcohol as a sign of solidarity with my wife.
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, journalist, and short story writer: he remains one of the most famous writers of all time.
Throughout his life, Hemingway succumbed to alcoholism more than once, especially in recent years life, when he began to be tormented by mental and physical ailments. He was admitted to the hospital where he was treated for depression, but after being discharged he still committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun.
It is still unclear whether his alcoholism was the result of a mental disorder, or vice versa, but the writer sometimes lost his clear mind while intoxicated.
David Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff's addiction was widely known, and many are familiar with the story of his struggle, which has lasted more than 10 years. He first entered rehab in 2002 when he realized his drinking was out of control. However, the actor's determination to improve his addiction lasted only one day, after which he left the Betty Ford Center. The next day he got drunk again, to such an extent that he had to call an ambulance.
He tried to justify his actions by saying that he was not ready to stop drinking when he entered the clinic for treatment and that he wanted to drink again. This time turned out to be so “saturated” that he decided that he had really had enough, so the actor again came to the rehabilitation center. He did it because he wanted to become a better person for the sake of his family.
Hasselhoff remained sober for 5 years before relapsed in 2007. His daughter, in an attempt to show him what he looks like when he's drunk and get him to change his behavior, posted a video online of him lying on the floor eating a burger.
Due to excessive libations, Hasselhoff became a regular visitor to the hospital: he was admitted there in 2009 and 2010. Obviously, an actor can go without alcohol for a long time, but if he takes even one sip, he no longer knows how to stop himself.
Robin Williams
Robin Williams was one of the most famous actors in the world. He starred in films such as "Captain Hook", "Dead Poets Society" and many other famous films. Williams began abusing alcohol and cocaine very early on, but tried to kick his addiction after his friend John Belushi died of an overdose during a party they were both attending.
Some fans claim that his career was at its peak when the actor's addiction was at its worst, but the truth is that no amount of money or fame is worth more than the physical and mental health of a person who suffers great damage from addiction.
Robin Williams struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction for nearly 30 years. He broke down and recovered again. A few weeks before his death, he signed up for a renewal clinic. He shot himself shortly thereafter, but pathologists say he was sober at the time of his death. Although Williams managed to abstain from alcohol and drugs, it seems the actor was unable to cope with his depression, which ultimately led to his death.
Stephen King
This famous horror author, who wrote such best-selling books as It, Carrie, The Shawshank Redemption, Misery and many others, struggled for years with alcohol and drug addiction. When his family finally decided to get involved in 1987, King agreed that he needed to change. Since then he has remained a teetotaler.
Stephen King often endowed his main characters with the same addictions that he himself struggled with. He also spoke extensively and willingly about his ongoing attempts to regain control of his addiction, so it was not as if he was ashamed of it. He stated that alcohol and drugs helped him escape the depressive reality in which he lived.
Today, King is no longer so proud of his past habits, but he speaks openly about them because he was able to get his life in order and deal with them.
Ian McGregor
This actor also had a problem with alcohol abuse, and although it did not seem to affect his career, it was harming his personal life. McGregor recalls his role in the 1996 film Trainspotting, saying he looked like a “tipsy maniac.” He remembers that he lost control of his drinking, but it went unnoticed because not a single producer ever tried to draw his attention to this problem.
McGregor soon went from being a happy drunk to a pathetic, self-ashamed man who didn't want to lose everything he'd worked so hard to achieve, so he decided to stop drinking and clean up his act.
Perhaps the moment when he came to his senses was meeting Iggy Pop: then he was so drunk that he completely disgraced himself. Now he remembers this incident as the most shameful moment in his life.
Ben Affleck
This stunning Armageddon actor entered rehab in 2001 to recover from alcoholism. Before that, Ben Affleck starred in the film Pearl Harbor, showing that addiction had little impact on his career. His career suffered when he starred in the film Gigli, which was poorly received by audiences and received disappointing reviews from film critics, but his alcoholism had nothing to do with it.
He successfully won his battle with addiction and remained sober until the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where he was spotted drinking heavily. However, he was able to overcome his addiction and achieve such success in his career that few other actors have achieved. He even won an Oscar in 2013 for Best Picture of the Year for Argo.
Michael J. Fox
We all know Michael J. Fox from the Back to the Future movies. This actor suffered from alcoholism until he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The diagnosis forced him to change his life, focusing on advancing Parkinson's research to help current and future patients.
Fox came to terms with the terrible diagnosis and, thanks to the support of his family, successfully quit drinking. He has since founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to fund further research into Parkinson's disease. He also continued his career in various television shows, including The Michael J. Fox Show and Boston Legal.
Michael is an excellent example for all people, showing that illness does not define who you are or what you can do. The disease did not stop his pursuit of his dream and does not prevent him from living to the fullest.
Diana Ross
One of the most famous stars of our time, Diana Ross also had problems with alcohol and went to rehab in 2002. Canyon Ranch Health Center helped her overcome her addiction, and she appears to have remained sober ever since.
Ross is one of the richest and most successful celebrities and can even rival Oprah Winfrey. It's not yet clear who the most famous African-American woman in the world is, but being at the top is not bad in itself, right?
Diana Ross sang with The Supremes and also performed solo numbers. She also played a role in the film Lady Sings the Blues, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.
Today, she is more active than ever and continues to perform and amaze people around the world. She hasn't drunk alcohol since she entered rehab in 2002, and may never start.
Mickey Mantle
Mantle is the most famous Yankee player in the history of its existence. His addiction was so bad that he was drunk at every game, or at least always tipsy.
The fact that he played so well while drunk shows the depth of his talent. Imagine how he would play sober? There would be no one who could match him.
Mantle played for the Yankees for 18 years, and for most of that time he was an alcoholic. Needless to say, his death was the result of alcohol abuse. He died in 1995, although he underwent a liver transplant a few months before his death.
Regardless of alcoholism, Mickey Mantle is still considered the best player in baseball.
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe, who everyone knows as the boy wizard Harry Potter in the film of the same name, faced the pressure of fame at the age of 11, which continued to mount throughout his teenage and young adult years.
Fame at such a young age and a diagnosis of neurological coordination disorder, which made it difficult to perform normal tasks, were factors that triggered Radcliffe's alcohol addiction. He sometimes became so ill that he could not even tie his shoes, and according to some rumors, filming of the Harry Potter film sometimes had to be stopped due to his inability to concentrate.
After hearing his diagnosis, Radcliffe began to forget himself with the help of alcohol, first periodically drinking at parties, and then becoming dependent. Sometimes he even came to filming drunk.
In 2010, Daniel Radcliffe realized that his alcoholism had become a problem and decided to end it. Since then, he has had breakdowns, but let's hope that the actor will finally be able to overcome this addiction.
Kristin Davis
Kristin Davis, who played Charlotte York in Sex big city", suffered so badly from alcoholism that she was not sure whether she would live to be 30 years old.
She has struggled with addiction since she was a teenager. Since she also had problems with alcohol in her family, the actress started drinking quite early. She admitted that she enjoyed drinking because it helped her relax and express her emotions. However, when she had to make a choice between alcohol and a career, she did right choice, and haven’t drank since then.
Christine has been a teetotaler since the age of 22, but admits that she sometimes lacks alcohol.
Leonard Nimoy
Anyone who has watched Star Trek knows that Leonard Nimoy played the role of Spock. Nimoy had never had a problem with alcohol before, but while he was filming the film, he started drinking and the problem got out of control. The actor started out with a glass after work and eventually worked his way up to several drinks throughout the evening. Finally, a sign that his alcoholism was getting out of control was when his assistant began bringing him alcohol on set because the actor couldn't work without it.
Nimoy said he started drinking because of his divorce and the pressure of fame. When he realized that his alcohol abuse was affecting his personal and professional relationships, Nimoy decided to seek professional help and enter rehab. After a difficult divorce, he met Susan Bey, who supported him through the rehabilitation process.
Alec Baldwin
According to 30 Rock magazine, the actor has spent nearly seven years under the influence of alcohol and drugs since his 20th birthday. Obviously, he felt an emptiness inside and tried to fill it with various substances.
His addiction spiraled out of control when he began drinking every night, falling asleep only at lunchtime. One day he was drinking Chardonnay from a plastic cup while driving, at that moment it occurred to him that such behavior could not be normal, and that he needed to improve. Another factor that led him to eradicate his bad habits was the pitiful look with which a man whom he often passed looked at him. Baldwin didn't want to be the one to inspire such pity, so he joined Alcoholics Anonymous at the age of 27 and hasn't had a drink since.
Many of us would like to be in the shoes of famous people, because their life seems so carefree, wonderful, positive, and successful. But, as experience shows, not everything is as smooth as it seems, and sometimes even stars have complete negatives in their lives. As a result, many of them find a solution to their problems in a bottle, and sometimes in drugs. And even if you are rich and famous, recovering from alcoholism is quite difficult, and sometimes impossible.
Today's selection includes those celebrities who managed to get rid of alcoholism, as well as those who are still struggling with this bad habit. So, 12 famous alcoholics of Hollywood.
1. Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck is one of Hollywood's most famous alcoholics. According to the actor, he inherited the addiction from his father, who became so degraded that he became homeless. Ben himself had to undergo a long course of treatment, during which he repeatedly relapsed. He recently announced that he has finally completed 16 years of rehabilitation and hopes that he will never return to his addiction.
2. Johnny Depp
Another famous Hollywood alcoholic is Johnny Depp. For a long time, Johnny and alcohol had very tender feelings. He even dreamed that after his death he would be put in a barrel of whiskey.
“I did a lot of research on spirits, and they obviously did a lot of research on me, and we found out that we got along just fine...”
But in the end, after a series of ridiculous drunken antics, he realized that it was time to quit and turned to doctors for help. Whether he managed to finally get rid of his addiction to alcohol is unknown.
3. Demi Moore
Demi Moore has had problems with alcohol and illegal drugs more than once. Perhaps the celebrity inherited this destructive tendency from her mother, a chronic alcoholic. Unfortunately, on Demi family tradition did not end, her youngest daughter Tallulah, by the age of 22, had already managed to visit a rehabilitation clinic.
4. Robert Downey Jr.
One of Hollywood's famous alcoholics almost ruined his career due to alcohol and drugs. At one time, Robert drank so heavily that almost all film studios broke their contracts with him. One day, after getting drunk, he climbed into a neighbor's house and decided to sleep there for a while. His sweet sleep was interrupted by the police, who were called by the owner of the house, who discovered a sleeping man in her daughter's children's bed.
5. Daniel Radcliffe
"Harry Potter" became friends with the green serpent at the age of 18. The new “friend” helped Daniel get rid of the depression that had taken hold of him after filming “Potterian.” The actor admitted that after drinking, he turned into a completely different person:
“I can’t say which person – I don’t remember, but it looked like chaos”
6. Mel Gibson
The Hollywood celebrity started drinking at age 13. Almost his entire adult life has been an ongoing struggle with alcohol addiction. Once, when the addiction once again got the better of him, Gibson even tried to commit suicide.
Due to a string of drunken antics and racist remarks, no one in Hollywood for a long time I didn’t want to communicate with him. One night, Gibson called his girlfriend and, interspersing his speech with obscenities, wished that she would be raped by a “gang of blacks.” In 2006, he cursed and insulted two police officers who arrested him for drunk driving.
7. Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan takes pride of place on the list of famous alcoholics in Hollywood. At 17, Lohan had everything you could dream of: fame, money, stunning looks and an interesting job. And she lost all this because she became addicted to alcohol. At the age of 30, Lohan turned into a real wreck and, moreover, morally declined. For example, while relaxing in one of the Moscow nightclubs, she tried to accuse one of the visitors of stealing her phone. And this is in order not to pay the bill!
8. Shia LaBeouf
The Transformers star was introduced to drugs and alcohol very early. Already at the age of 11, he smoked his first marijuana cigarette, which was given to him by his own father. By the actor’s own admission, alcohol ruined his life. His hooligan antics repeatedly shocked the public. So, in 2014, the actor was arrested for inappropriate behavior at the Studio 54 club on Broadway. During the performance, a drunken Shia smoked, yelled and even insulted the actors and spectators. As police escorted him from the courtroom, an enraged LaBeouf yelled: “Do you even know who I am!?”
In 2015, Shia completed a rehabilitation course and, according to him, has not drunk since then.
9. Eva Mendes
Few people know that the beautiful Cuban woman suffered from alcohol addiction for a long time. It’s hard to believe, but Eva is also on the list of famous alcoholics in Hollywood. With the help of alcohol, she tried to get rid of stress due to overload at work. In 2008, Mendes went to a rehabilitation clinic, and when she left there, she decided to never drink again. And now her motto is “Not a drop of alcohol!”
10. Colin Farrell
For more than 10 years, Colin Farrell has been a convinced teetotaler. But it wasn't always like this: “When I sought help in 2005, the doctor asked me to list everything I had consumed in a week. My list included: three bottles of whiskey, twelve bottles of red wine, 60 pints of beer..."
For 15 years, Farrell barely slept, and when he began treatment, he had to learn to communicate again: over the years of drinking, he forgot how to talk to people without alcohol doping.
11. Anthony Hopkins
By nature, Hopkins is a reserved and reserved person. He started drinking alcohol to feel more relaxed on stage. As a result, the actor drank to such a state that one morning he woke up in an unfamiliar state, not remembering how he got here. At that moment, he realized that it was time to quit and joined Alcoholics Anonymous.
12. Kate Moss
The condition of the 43-year-old top model raises serious concerns: too often the paparazzi catches her drunk. Kate was treated for alcoholism for a long time and drug addiction with the best doctors, but it seems that the final point in her fight against bad habits not delivered. In September 2016, due to disagreements with her husband, she went on a drinking binge for a whole month, starting the day with champagne and ending with his whiskey. And in February 2017, journalists managed to photograph a drunken Moss at one of the parties, where she looked terrible.
Irina Rodnina became an alcoholic as a child, and the drug clinic is crying for Lolita Milyavskaya
A drunken mother means grief in the family, people say. Female alcoholism is revealed late, when the lady has already reached the end of her rope, and the life of her loved ones has turned into hell. Representatives of the fair half often drink secretly and alone, without admitting their vice for a long time, which aggravates the trouble. And even after undergoing a course of treatment, they often break down.
Alcoholism - chronic disease. Anyone can be at risk, regardless of merits and titles, profession and social status. Many famous women know this firsthand.
Drunken childhood of Irina Rodnina
In 2007, Olympic champion Irina Rodnina raced around Moscow in an Audi. Traffic police officers stopped the car - the ex-skater fell out from behind the wheel. The star reeked of alcohol. Irina Konstantinovna refused to undergo a medical examination. Having sobered up, she rushed to make excuses. In numerous interviews she convinced me that she only drank a couple of glasses of wine. But then she told the whole country about problems with alcohol:
- Two glasses are nothing for me. From the age of eight, my parents poured me red wine at dinner!
The head of the women's drug addiction department of the Yaroslavl Regional Clinical Hospital, Alexey Medvedev, concludes: the parents themselves got Irina drunk.
“The child was in a state of chronic alcoholism,” explains the doctor. - In childhood, the enzymatic system is poorly developed, alcohol leaves the body more slowly. The fact that two glasses of wine is no longer perceived as the dose necessary for intoxication indicates the onset of tolerance. Initially, a person needs a little to feel relaxed and desire to communicate. Then comes the build-up of tolerance, where the body demands an increase in dose to experience the same condition. Then there comes a moment when the growth of tolerance stops, and the plateau phase comes - the use of consistently high doses.
Rodnina admitted that she became heavily addicted to alcohol while in immigration. Tears Olympic champion on the podium in 1980, the whole country remembers. This was the last “gold” of the great athlete and a touching farewell to big sport. Later, Rodnina cried, washing down her defeats in her coaching career and family drama with cognac. This was already in the USA, where Irina and her family moved at the invitation of one of the centers figure skating. The great athlete did not speak a word of English, she had no coaching experience, and at first strong athletes did not want to work with her. And at home it was even worse: her husband Alexander Zaitsev, with whom she performed in pairs, left for someone else and threatened to take the children through the court.
Terrible thoughts of Tatyana Vasilyeva
Tatyana Vasilyeva began pawning collars while still in theater school. Over a glass they celebrated creative successes, relieved fatigue, drowned sadness, being left without major roles.
- Alcohol in small doses acts as a sedative. But with regular use in large doses, aggression and irritability appear, states Alexey Medvedev. - Fighting depression in this way is dangerous. The next morning the oppressive feeling gets worse. What do you want in this situation? Drink more and forget. Vicious circle.
Tatyana Grigorievna admits that she did not notice when her first husband, Anatoly Vasilyev, had an affair on the side. Having found out, the actress poured out her melancholy in the usual way. She mixed alcohol with medications.
“There were thoughts of jumping down - we lived high, on the 14th floor,” Vasiliev’s frankness is shocking. - I could drink vodka in the morning. There was such a “disintegration” inside. More and more alcohol was needed. I remember that period with horror.
Strange pirouettes of Tatyana Dogileva
Tatyana Dogileva, they say, still breaks down. Although everything is fine in her profession: she stages plays and produces. In the 90s, when theater and domestic cinema were on their last legs, there were more reasons for despair.
“I couldn’t sleep, the sleeping pills didn’t work,” Dogileva recalled. “My teeth were chattering, my hands were twitching. It even seemed like I was going crazy. She started crying on stage.
“The Green Serpent” became the reason for her divorce from playwright and screenwriter Mikhail Mishin. The actress almost stopped being cast, and rare roles were “silent”, as in the series “Crazy Angel”: they say that Konstantin Ernst doubted that Tanya was able to remember the text.
The local police officers nicknamed the actress “the blonde under the fence.” Dogileva recalls with indignation how she was dragged by her feet in the prefecture, where she came to protest against the construction of Nikita Mikhalkov’s hotel on Maly Kozikhinsky Lane next to her house. The drunken actress lay down on the floor in the corridor. In a clinic for the mentally ill, where Tatyana Anatolyevna was admitted more than once, she was diagnosed with deep depression. The body has stopped producing serotonin - the hormone of joy. There Dogileva learned to fall asleep without alcohol. But she celebrated her birthday and found herself in a hospital bed again.
“I became the main alcoholic in Russia,” the actress admitted.
The last time she appeared drunk on the floor of the Ukrainian version of the TV show “Dancing with the Stars” was in 2011. Strange steps, indistinct pirouettes, hanging on a partner and the final half-split left no doubt: Dogileva was under attack again. The actress demanded that the jury recognize her as a cinema legend, downing two glasses of water from the judge's table in one gulp.
“It is impossible to completely recover from alcoholism, you can only achieve long-term remission,” explains narcologist Alexey Medvedev. - After drug treatment, touching alcohol is prohibited. It seems that you are able to control yourself, but this is an illusion.
The main sin of Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Today, the beautiful actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva is a parishioner of the Moscow Church of St. Sophia the Wise of God. He prefers not to remember his turbulent youth, although he does not hide: yes, she drank, yes, she cheated, she had abortions. Once upon a time, her second husband Mikhail Roshchin took her son away from her. Before his death, Mikhail Mikhailovich gave a frank interview.
“I told her: “Katya, the fact that you drink, smoke, have abortions and swear are all ordinary sins. Major sin- dislike for people and great love for oneself.”
Roshchin explained the reason for the divorce from Vasilyeva as follows:
- We had to part, sharply and categorically. Katya drank so much that there seemed to be no escape. The poet Vasiliev, Katya's father, was a famous drunkard. It's hereditary. What clinics did she not receive treatment in? But I met the priest Father Vladimir, and he helped. I think she became a sincere believer, otherwise nothing would have happened. A year ago, when we met, she had just sipped champagne. I gave her my son, and she began to drag him to church.
Dmitry Roshchin became a priest in the same church where his mother works as treasurer.
- Conversion to faith often becomes salvation for alcoholics - they replace one addiction with another. In this case, harmless and creative, says the narcologist. - Some people find a new hobby. This is also a way out.
New “doping” of Natalia Andreichenko
Having met Maximilian Schell on the set of the film “Peter the Great,” the charming “Mary Poppins” actress Natalya Andreichenko left for the USA. But Hollywood didn't accept her. And soon a breakdown appeared in the relationship with her husband. Natalya Eduardovna entertained herself as best she could. People around her said that the actress indulged not only in whiskey, but also in narcotic powders. In this state, she got behind the wheel and crashed into a truck at breakneck speed. Andreichenko ended up on the surgical table in a state of clinical death - the doctors literally assembled the body in parts. Natalya Eduardovna was faced with a choice: quit drinking or die. Now she has a different joy - she catches the energy of space. She grows flowers, grows vegetables, and tries to be closer to nature.
“I can hug a tree, and I feel better,” the actress reveals the recipe for the new “doping.”
Nightmare of Larisa Guzeeva
Larisa Guzeeva also does not hide the fact that she was close friends with the bottle. The binge began during the years of creative downtime, at the very peak of youth and beauty - following her first husband, who turned out to be a drug addict, Larisa sank to the bottom. Realizing that she was going downhill, she shut herself down for a year.
- How did this happen to me? There were friends who were always ready to hand over a full glass, and there were those who were glad that I was dying,” the actress shared. - As soon as I had a drink, a different person woke up in me. I wanted to become trash and shout: “Yes, that’s how trash I am!” And it carried me through all the troubles. Either she kicked everyone out of the house, or she went into some strange company. It’s just a nightmare what she did.
Fortunately, fate sent her a second loving husband- Kahu Tolordav, who helped get out of the abyss.
Hard rock by Lolita Milyavskaya
The flamboyant Lolita is persistently trying to convince everyone that she had no problems with alcohol. With prohibited substances - yes, but she always controls the dose of alcohol. However, those who see the singer behind the scenes have a different opinion. However, it’s really not easy to distinguish a crazy sober Lolita from a crazy drunk one.
Dancing on the table, passionately kissing transvestites is already a legend. In Odessa, at the celebration of City Day, Milyavskaya appeared on stage in a nightgown and, lifting her legs, performed a rock composition. In ecstasy, the singer straddled the tripod.
“Alcohol removes psychological barriers,” explains our expert. - At the first stage, there is a loss of situational control when a person allows himself to get drunk at important events. If you give up on the problem, the second stage begins: physical dependence, when alcohol molecules are integrated into metabolic processes. They go on drinking bouts with a severe hangover. Anxiety, trembling in the body, a feeling of lack of air, a feeling of fear are its symptoms. Next - irreversible processes and personality degradation. God forbid you bring yourself to such a state.
You can't cure it by force
If one of your loved ones has become close friends with a glass, perceive him as sick. There is no need to feel sorry or scold - both are destructive. Do not force help - forced treatment is ineffective, but gently push the alcoholic to the idea that he has a problem with alcohol: he must want to get rid of it himself. Make it clear that you are willing to provide support if asked.
Underline if so:
1. You drink two or more glasses of wine every day.
2. You feel that intoxication is coming later and later, and increase the dose.
3. You are familiar with the condition of a severe hangover.
4. Among close relatives there are people who drink heavily.
5. You have problems with metabolism and blood vessels.
If you have noted more than two signs, be careful: you are at risk!
Tell me what you drink and I'll tell you who you look like. Today, among celebrities, it is not very prestigious to be a drinker, much less an alcoholic. Beautiful ladies (unless they themselves) pay less attention to the “knights” of the glass and wine glass; weakness has ceased to be a criterion of strength, and departed heroes, if they drank during their lifetime, are remembered for this very reason. Yeltsin? Yes, I looked at the future of Russia through the bottom of a vodka bottle. Amy Winehouse? I was in too much of a hurry to go to Club 27, so I helped myself with strong alcohol. And so on. Those drunkards, whose heyday of activity occurred at a time when alcoholism was tolerated (and not only in Rus'), managed to win the hearts of fans seriously and for a long time with something else, and their passions became something like rare illustrations on the pages of “ Lives of wonderful people." Vysotsky is remembered for his roles and songs, Yesenin for his poetry, Socrates for his magnificent football. It is more difficult to restore some details in the people's memory - in particular, what exactly the pillars of civilization preferred to pour into their collars. And we will try to remember and mentally taste...
Benjamin Franklin
Veniamin Iosievich Franklin is remembered by the world not only as a portrait on mankind’s most beloved piece of paper, not only as an ideologist of the electric motor and American democracy, a friend of Russia and the inventor of the rocking chair.
For many US citizens, Dr. Franklin is one of the most famous syphilitics and alcoholics in history. If Uncle Ben wasn't sleeping or devoting himself to another work of genius, he drank fortified wine. Which? And here it is:
Among other passionate connoisseurs of Madeira, it is worth noting other fighters for American freedom - Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams. It was with this exotic wine that these gentlemen celebrated the adoption of the “Declaration of Independence of the United States” in 1776.
Ernest Hemingway
A handsome man who devoted his whole life not so much to literature as to existential adventures arm in arm with death, what could he drink? Surely the first thought will be about whiskey.
But no. Mr. Hemingway preferred the combination of the killer strength of rum and the refreshing aroma of mint, and his favorite drink was the Mojito cocktail, prepared according to the following recipe: 6 fresh mint leaves, the juice of one lime, 2 teaspoons brown sugar, an ounce of white rum, three ounces of champagne.
Jack Kerouac
The name of the leader of the “beatniks” Jack Kerouac is unlikely to mean anything to a man trying to get a bottle of Putinka and a can of sprat at the checkout. But if you tell me that there once was such an American writer, he wandered around the country for a long time and died at the age of 47 from cirrhosis of the liver, any good Russian “who respects you” will raise a glass to the repose of the soul of the talented drunk.
Probably no one on Earth had time to drink short life people drink as many Margaritas as Jack Kerouac, who took his own words too seriously. The words are: “Don’t drink to forget, drink to rejoice.” And the recipe for the drink that killed the writer is this: an ounce of tequila, 2/3 ounce of Cointreau liqueur, an ounce of fresh lime juice, salt on the rim of a Martin glass.
James Bond
By the way, about martinis. He was and is loved by many imaginary celebrities. For example, Marininskaya Kamenskaya. Or Bond, James Bond.
It’s only in Skyfall, financed through and through by Heineken, that Her Majesty’s spy shamefully drinks Dutch beer. Old-timers remember that if you say “martini, shake without mixing” in a good bar, everyone around you who drinks will think that here he is, a movie idol. Well, or someone imitating him. But this just means that a person wants a cocktail with ice, not too strong, in order to maintain vigilance and sharpness of mind.
Winston Churchill
The short, fat man with a cigar and a Victoria, without whom it is difficult to imagine the 20th century (please, take Lenin, Stalin and Hitler to hell, leave Churchill to us!), was apparently endowed with phenomenal health, which allowed Sir Winston to smoke and drink every day in huge doses. And at the same time remain one of the smartest “mastodons” of the era.
Absolutely not afraid of anything and not embarrassed by anyone, “the greatest Briton in history” poured himself whiskey at breakfast. It was normal. Interesting information has been preserved that in 1954, 80-year-old Churchill ordered one in the morning while flying on a business trip in the prime minister's plane. So, for the first course: fried eggs, toast, jam, butter, coffee with milk, a mug of cold milk, cold chicken; for the main course: grapefruit, sugar bowl with lump sugar, fresh orange juice, whiskey and soda; for third - of course, a cigar.
Pablo Picasso
Picasso painted “The Absinthe Lover” in 1901, at the age of 20, already being quite familiar with the “magic drink.”
15 years later, absinthe was banned. Some believe that it was this drink with its “demonic” effect that determined the colors and lines of the “blue”, “pink” and cubist periods in the artist’s work. If this is true, then investing in absinthe turned out to be a success - in 2010, "The Absinthe Lover" sold for $51.2 million.
Humphrey Bogart
Actor Humphrey Bogart is recognized as the best actor in the history of American cinema.
He once said, “Nothing will make me change my Scotch Martini.” Scotch is Scotch barley whiskey. During the filming of the Oscar-winning film The African Queen, which took place in the Congo, the entire film crew suffered from dysentery, except for Bogart and John Huston. The actor and director protected themselves from illness by eating exclusively scotch tape and canned vegetables. Humphrey said that the flies that bit them, soaked in alcohol, instantly fell dead.
Bogart not only drank a lot, but also smoked like crazy. That is why, they write, he died of esophageal cancer at the age of 57.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
In modern Turkey, alcohol is expensive. But it exists, it is produced, and there is a lot of it. It would seem that it is a Muslim country. What's the secret?
The answer lies among the passions of the Turkish “Lenin” - the great reformer of the country, its first president Mustafa Kemal. Ataturk loved aniseed vodka - raki. Over lunch, discussing government prospects in the company smart people Turkey and guests of the state, Mustafa could drink quite a lot of anise. By his order, many distilleries and a powerful alcohol industry were organized in the country.
The Turkish father did not live to see the Second World War. It is believed that the cause of death of the politician at the age of 57 was cirrhosis of the liver caused by excessive drinking.
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In the Oscar-winning Soviet film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” the career of a talented hockey player Gurin is ruined due to alcohol. It would seem that this is just a film, but real life this problem is much worse. Many actors and actresses of world and domestic cinema and theater were forced to end their careers due to problems with alcohol, and for some this addiction became the cause of death. It is these artists who died from alcoholism that will be discussed in our short article.
Warning. We in no way want to offend the actors on this list or diminish their talent. We only generalize and structure generally accepted assumptions found in open sources.
Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)
Even during his lifetime, many knew that the artist had problems with alcohol, which caused scandals in the Taganka theater, where Vysotsky played, and on the set of films. After the release of Marina’s book, Vladi learned about the actor’s drug use.
The great singer of the era passed away in the summer of 1980, leaving behind a huge legacy of songs and magnificent roles in film and theater.
Amy Winehouse (1983–2011)
The talented and eccentric soul singer and popular pop singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment on July 23, 2011.
The cause of death was a lethal dose of alcohol that caused a heart attack. At the time of her death, Amy was only 27 years old, and her problems with alcohol began simultaneously with her success and worldwide fame.
A large concert was given in memory of the singer, and after her death, admirers of her talent only increase every year, as evidenced by the level of sales of her solo albums.
Robin Williams (1951–2014)
Drinking Hollywood stars are not uncommon, and among seemingly successful people there are alcoholics.
During his brilliant career, Robin Williams played more than 100 roles, voiced animated films, participated in theatrical productions, wrote scripts and acted as a director.
The actor tried to drown out life circumstances and problems with alcohol and drugs. At one point, he decided to quit by joining a sobriety program, but in August 2014, at the age of 69, he died from heart problems caused by excessive drinking.
At TopCafe we mentioned this wonderful actor in our article about the best of Hollywood.
Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
Alcoholics in the creative community are also a common phenomenon, but the number of women who drink too much in the art world is much less than the representatives of much of humanity.
Drunk actresses are a terrible sight, and this misfortune did not escape the pop star, the magnificent jazz singer and actress Billie Holiday. At the age of 30, the woman began to have health problems caused by drugs and heavy drinking.
In 1959, the 44-year-old actress died, and moments from her biography became the basis for many books and films.
Dmitry Maryanov (1969–2017)
The role of Alik Raduga in the magnificent children's film “Above the Rainbow” made Dmitry Maryanov famous throughout the world. Soviet Union, and subsequent films secured his status as a “star of the new generation.”
After graduating from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute, Dmitry played a lot in theaters and acted in films. In 2003 he was invited to Quartet I.
In recent years, he became addicted to alcohol and underwent a lot of treatment, but on October 15, 2017, while in the Phoenix rehabilitation center, the artist died.
Andrey Panin (1962–2013)
A brilliant and charismatic actor of Russian cinema, Andrei Panin played more than 75 film roles, acted as a director himself, and drew beautifully.
The actor’s body was found on March 6, 2013 in his Moscow apartment, and the cause of death was traumatic brain injury. The artist simply fell and hit his head. It was found in Panin's blood large number alcohol, and the artist’s neighbors said that before the tragedy he had been drinking for several days.
The criminal case was closed a year later, citing the lack of evidence of a crime, but Andrei’s relatives continue to claim that it was a violent death.
Vladislav Galkin (1971–2010)
Vladislav became a star at the age of 10, when he brilliantly played Huckleberry Finn in the film The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Over time, his career began to grow and the actor began to be invited to lead roles, and the television series “Truckers” and “Saboteur” did not leave the screens of Russian television channels. The notoriety of a drunkard and rowdy was assigned to him when a recording of his scandal in a cafe hit the Internet. The actor himself was very upset by what happened and sought salvation in wine.
In 2010, the actor was found dead in his own apartment. He was only 38 years old, and his father Boris Galkin continues to insist on the version of murder.
Oleg Efremov (1927–2000)
The famous director, founder of the Sovremennik Theater, talented actor Oleg Efremov is inscribed in golden letters in the history of the USSR and Russia.
In addition to Sovremennik, he worked at the Moscow Art Theater and the Moscow Art Theater named after A. Chekhov. His roles in film and theater have received many awards and state awards.
But the talent, as it happens, had an addiction to alcoholic beverages. It was alcohol that helped him create, but shortened his life. Despite repeated attempts to get rid of the addiction, alcohol significantly worsened his health, and the actor died at the age of 72.
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Georgy Yumatov (1926–1997)
The star of the cult film “Officers”, who performed vivid images on the silver screen and theater stage, Georgy Yumatov also did not avoid problems with alcohol.
In 1994, while drunk, he shot a janitor, for which he received a prison sentence. Former acting colleagues, singers and cultural figures supported Yumatov as best they could during a difficult period of his life, but alcohol won out.
Yumatov before and after the tragedy are two different people. After leaving prison, he practically did not act, and died in 1997 from a ruptured aorta. His last appearance on screen was his participation in the popular game “Field of Miracles.”
Andrey Krasko (1957–2006)
Actors suffering from alcoholism sometimes disappear from view for a long time. This happened with the charismatic Andrei Krasko, who, after his magnificent debut films, received only episodic roles for some time.
The reason for everything was an addiction to alcohol, but the actor found the strength to return to the profession, superbly embodying bright and extraordinary images on the screens.
In 2006, Krasko joined the list of actors who died from alcohol. He died at the age of 49 on the set of the television series “Liquidation,” where he began playing Fima Petrov, nicknamed “Half-Jew.”
Nikolay Eremenko (1949–2001)
The famous Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter Nikolai Eremenko received the prize for best actor of the year for his role in the first Soviet action film “Pirates of the 20th Century”.
He acted a lot in films, played in the theater, and directed films and plays himself. In May 2001 he was hospitalized at the Botkin Hospital, and on May 27 at the age of 52 he died of a stroke.
The fact of death as a result of long-term drinking was carefully hidden, but then information leaked to the media that the stroke was the result of prolonged alcohol consumption.
Elena Mayorova (1958–1997)
Soviet actresses are beautiful and talented, and in this cohort, Elena Mayorova flew across the horizon of Russian cinema like a bright comet.
The Honored Artist of the RSFSR was remembered by the audience for her bright roles in films of famous directors, as well as her charming and feminine images in the theater. Particularly impressive in career beautiful woman became roles in the films “You Never Even Dreamed of...”, “Ambulance 34”, “Lost in Siberia”.
Unhappy love led to an addiction to alcohol, and in August 1997, after dousing herself with gasoline, Elena Mayorova committed suicide. Some colleagues say it was an accident.
Yukina sisters
Blue-eyed twins Olya and Tanya Yukin became famous in 1963, when the fairy tale film “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors” was released on Soviet screens.
Experts predicted a brilliant career in cinema for them, but after appearing in an episode of the fairy tale “Morozko” in 1964, the girls disappeared from the directors’ sight. After graduating from school, both got jobs at the Intourist Hotel.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Yukins lost their jobs and turned to alcohol for refuge. Olya passed away in 2005, and 6 years later Tatyana.
Georgy Burkov (1933–1990)
An extraordinary person and talented artist, Georgy Burkov played many memorable roles in cinema and theater.
He was friends with Vasily Shukshin, and enjoyed starring with his friend in his films, and their duet in the film “They Fought for the Motherland” became the culmination of a stellar career.
Often the heroes of the talented actor were drunks, but in life he also loved, as they say, to “pawn by the collar.” It was alcohol that caused poor health, and in the end Georgy Burkov died from blockage of blood vessels in 1990.
Many people know this actor from the film “The Irony of Fate or light steam", which is included in the list of the whole world from the site site.
Yuri Bogatyrev (1947–1989)
Shilov, performed by Bogatyrev in the film “A Friend Among Strangers, a Stranger Among Our Own,” became a striking example of a Soviet security officer during the Civil War.
The acting talent was so diverse that Yuri Bogatyrev seemed able to play everything - from a comic hero to tragic characters.
But for various reasons, the actor was reluctantly invited to the role, and the artist drowned his creative dissatisfaction in a glass. Alcohol became the cause of heart failure, which ended Bogatyrev’s life at the age of 42.
Oleg Dal (1941–1981)
His roles always aroused keen interest of the audience, and the appearance of his name in the credits always promised success for the film. In addition, Oleg sang superbly and wrote wonderful poetry. He worked extremely hard, and often relieved stress by drinking alcohol. The problem grew, and he even stitched up the capsule.
In 1981, during a business trip to the Studio Hotel in Kyiv, the actor drank, which triggered a heart attack that led to the death of the 39-year-old actor.
Victor Kosykh (1950–2011)
Russian viewers remember this talented actor for his role as Kostya Inochkin in the cult Soviet comedy “Welcome, or no outsiders!”
The stellar career of the talented and extraordinary actor continued in the multi-part film epic “The Elusive Avengers,” where Kosykh played Danka.
In the last years of his life he did little acting, sometimes working part-time in the theater. Viktor Kosykh died in 2011 in his Moscow apartment from an alcohol overdose at the age of 61. A lethal dose of vodka caused a cerebral hemorrhage.
Pyotr Aleynikov (1914–1965)
A pupil of the children's commune, while still a student at GITIS, began acting in films, and by the end of the Great Patriotic War starred in more than 25 films.
After the war, his career took off sharply, but problems with alcohol also began. Doctors diagnosed chronic alcoholism, and the diseases that caused it became the cause of the death of Pyotr Aleinikov in 1965.
Peter's friend Boris Andreev sought to be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. But all the visits to the officials did not bring success, and Pyotr Aleinikov rested in the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.
In conclusion
Of the living movie stars, there are also artists who have problems with drinking alcohol. Dmitry Kharatyan and Tatyana Dogileva do not hide the fact that they were able to cope with the problem. We also had similar problems, but did not drink ourselves to death, and Alexander Domogarov and Alexey Nilov continue to work. Western stars include Ben Affleck, Mel Gibson, and actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
There are many reasons for addiction to alcohol, but doctors and psychologists agree that creative, famous people, emotional and vulnerable, are more at risk of becoming dependent on alcohol. And, as we see, mortality among movie stars is quite common.
the site wishes everyone good health and looks forward to your comments on the topic of the article. Perhaps you can tell us what other talents who died of alcoholism could delight us with their wonderful roles for a long time.