He confessed that if he had been able to persuade himself to do so, “nothing” would be able to stop him from drinking. Additionally, he said that he was experiencing a “walking heart attack.” On the other hand, he has triumphed over his demons and is still alive to tell the story.
The well-known performer John Goodman just turned 70 years old. Before making appearances in films like The Flinstones, Blues Brothers, Raising Arizona, and The Big Lebowski, amongst others, the American actor who played the lead role in The Borrowers struggled with serious mental health issues as a consequence of traumatic events in his own life.
Every step of the way, Goodman has been transparent about his drinking issue throughout his career. The famous person struggled against the i.l.l.ness for more than thirty years. The event had a significant impact on his life.
It was in 2012 that he said that his drinking was “definitely” affecting his acting career. He made this statement during an interview.
A statement made by Goodman was, “I mean, there are a lot of occasions in which I could have gotten away with it.” I believe that it was not an overdose but rather a misadventure.
2007 was the year when the star quit drinking, despite the fact that he claimed that it was difficult to remain sober on a daily basis. At some point, he started “having nightmares” about discovering some bourbon and drinking it.
When he thought back on it, he would say, “Hey, I really shouldn’t be doing that.”
Then I will respond with, “Waaah, that’s okay!” It is something that you do routinely! You smuggle it around all the time! I’ll ultimately come to and say, “No, I don’t agree with that.” Initially, I was concerned about [the voices]. They’re simply hilarious at this point.
Goodman stated, “I want to continue going to locations where there is positive reinforcement in order to avoid coming into contact with potentially triggering situations.” Because if I really want to consume alcohol, I don’t believe there is anything on this green earth that could prevent me from doing so.
In addition, he confessed that the “continuous worry of unemployment” that comes with being an actor was the driving force behind his drinking.
Simply put, it’s booze ” He came clean and said, “I am an alcoholic.”If it were up to me, I would drink. A component of being an alcoholic is the process of finding any rationale. Having said that, my life has been a challenging one in terms of stress. I’ve been drinking and using dr.ugs, which has exacerbated to the stress that I’m already experiencing since the company I chose is always a nail-biter. Additionally, there was a persistent danger of layoffs occurring.
He expressed his thoughts by saying, “For some reason, I just denied what I was doing to myself.” It is a marvel that anybody would ever employ me, taking into consideration how I look. Attack, it seemed as if I was experiencing a walking heart attack.
The consequence of this was that he came up with an alternate strategy for dealing with the circumstance.
Goodman is an actor who likes performing, and he believes that the experience of playing in a theater is very different. According to him, it was the same as being “shot out of a cannon.”
The actress from Roseanne made the observation that “you have an adrenaline rush, and once that’s done, you find yourself, at the end of the evening, exhausted.”
He felt that moviemaking was a one-of-a-kind experience. It calls for perseverance and many hours of work. He observed that a movie seemed to go on forever.
According to the well-known stage actor, his ailment also led him to forget his lines on a regular basis.
“I had a problem with it,” and he said such. Eventually, after a period of time had passed, the lines ceased appearing. Additionally, it seemed to be a snowball. I just had my misgivings about my ability to memorize lines verified by this revelation. In addition to this, I was squandering my energy and punishing myself rather than doing anything else. Maintaining my composure, accepting the fact that there will be queues, and exercising patience are all that are required of me.
He was also tortured by a burning depression on a daily basis, in addition to this ongoing fight that he was going through.
“A chemical thing, a brain thing… [a sense of] overall unhappiness with everything,” was how he described it that he was experiencing. There is nothing that seems to be in order, and I have no desire to take any action. Even if I have to be doing something else, I have no interest in doing it. It’s completely insane.
In 2007, Goodman, who has been married to Anna Beth Hartzog since 1989, took part in his journey to sobriety and aided him in doing so.