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Anthony Hopkins looked back at the moment in his life where he realized he was an alcoholic<\/a><\/p>\n The Oscar-winning actor,<\/a> 87, appeared on The New York Times podcast The Interview<\/a> to discuss his upcoming memoir, ‘We Did OK, Kid’ which will come out on November 4. During the Saturday, October 25 episode of the podcast, he recounted the critical turning point in his life that occurred on December 29, 1975, in the late morning.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m always slightly reluctant to talk about it because I don\u2019t want to sound preachy. But I was drunk and driving my car here in California<\/a> in a blackout, no clue where I was going, when I realized that I could have killed somebody \u2014 or myself, which I didn\u2019t care about\u2014and I realized that I was an alcoholic,” Anthony began.<\/p>\n “I came to my senses and said to an ex-agent of mine at this party in Beverly Hills, ‘I need help.’ It was 11 o\u2019clock precisely \u2014 I looked at my watch \u2014 and this is the spooky part: Some deep powerful thought or voice spoke to me from inside and said: ‘It\u2019s all over. Now you can start living. And it has all been for a purpose, so don’t forget one moment of it,'” he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Silence of the Lambs star elaborated on the voice that spoke to him, stating it came from “deep inside.” Anthony also shared that the voice was “vocal, male, reasonable, like a radio voice.”<\/p>\n He went on to say how, from that moment he heard the voice, the craving to drink was gone. Anthony said, “Now I don\u2019t have any theories except divinity or that power that we all possess inside us that creates us from birth, life force, whatever it is. It\u2019s a consciousness, I believe. That\u2019s all I know.”<\/p>\n The Welsh performer reflected on what led to his drinking as he recalled being a “lonely” child and surviving “those bullies”. He indicated that he chose to drink instead of wallowing.<\/p>\n “And that\u2019s why I drank. To nullify that discomfort or whatever it was in me, because it made me feel big. You know, booze is terrific because it makes you instantly feel in a different space,” Anthony explained.<\/p>\n DON’T MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n Anthony Hopkins compares director to Hitler and alleges he ‘killed an actress’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kim Kardashian’s new Skims product likened to Hannibal Lecter’s mask<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n