David Morrissey

You would have been abnormal not to drink.

But then I got later on in my life, in my adult life, I couldn't stop.

And I wasn't drinking to be convivial and I wasn't drinking to sort of get through the anxiety.

I was just I was on my own in the pub, you know, and that was really hard and very hard for my ex-wife and people around me.

I worked with a guy on a job.

He gave me his number on the job and I knew he was in AA.

And then two years later, I was in a terrible, terrible state.

And I phoned him quite late, like early in the morning time.

And he came around to my house and just sat with me.

And that was, I've not drank since that day, really.

So it's been tough.

I mean, the other thing for me is when I stopped drinking, I didn't stop being an alcoholic.

My behavior was still very self-destructive for many years.

Now I feel I was in crisis a little bit.

But the thing that rescued me was work.

And so that's why I've always had this weird thing with work is that's where I feel safe.

There's a great Barry Humphreys quote where he's sort of on tour as Dave Medner.

He's doing all these different functions and stuff.

And then at the end of his busy day, he walks out on stage as Dame Edna in front of, you know, 5,000 people.

And his immediate thought is, alone at last.