Anthony Hopkins
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Well, almost 50 years ago,
I'm always slightly reluctant to talk about it because I don't want to sound preachy.
But I was drunk, driving my car here in California in a blackout.
No clue where I was going.
And it was a moment when I realized that I could have killed somebody or myself, which I didn't care about.
But I could have killed a family in a car, you know.
And I realized that I was an alcoholic.
And I came to my senses and I said to an ex-agent of mine at this party in Beverly Hills, I said I need help.
So I made the fatal phone call to an intergroup in L.A., 12-step program.
So we'll send somebody over to meet you.
I said, no, I'll come to you.
So I went to the center group office.
It's 11 o'clock precisely.
Looked at my watch.
And this is the spooky part.
Some deep, powerful thought or voice spoke to me from inside and said, it's all over.
Now you can start living.
And it has all been for a purpose.
So don't forget one moment of it.
From inside, deep inside me.