“I’m glad to say, I was addicted to alcohol”: Tom Holland talks about a tough obstacle already overcome

As usual, behind the seemingly fantastic life offered by being a Hollywood star, there is a dark, cloudy background and above all sad. Now it has been the turn of Tom Holland, who has taken a step forward to recognize his recent and serious problems with alcohol during his participation in a famous North American podcast.

On this occasion the actor is out of all danger, not as has unfortunately happened before with other celebrities victims of addictions as they were Whitney Houston o Amy Winehousewell Spiderman tells his murky story of alcoholism from a distance, albeit relatively recent.

As he himself recounted during his speech at On purpose of Jay Shetty, Holland has confessed that after Christmas 2022, in which “there was a lot of partying and a lot of drunkenness”, he decided to make a radical and definitive decision. And it is that, aware of his serious problem, the artist since then declares himself completely abstemio. She started to stop drinking right at the beginning of the year, specifically in January 2023.

“The only thing I could think about was having a drink. It scared me a lot,” he acknowledged. The boyfriend of Zendaya He has thus explained that he seriously considered whether he had developed an addiction that he had to control. “I said to myself: maybe I have a little problem with alcohol.” Aware of the problem, she decided to stop drinking for another month. “I felt like I couldn’t be sociable. That I couldn’t go to the bar and have a lemon soda. I couldn’t go out to dinner. It was really costing me a lot.”

The protagonist of Spidermanthus becoming increasingly aware of his alcohol problem, set himself a new and challenging goal: to pass six more months without drinking not a drop of alcoholic beverages, something that he has rigorously complied with and of which he is very proud. After that time, the actor shared that “he was happier than ever” because “I could sleep better. I could handle problems better. Things that went wrong on set, which would normally bother me, I could take in stride. I had much more mental clarity. I felt healthier, fitter.”

Who has helped you?

“I’m glad to say it: I was definitely addicted to alcohol. I don’t deny it at all.” But to reach this favorable sentence that the actor himself has shared, he must constantly deal with demons and let himself be helped by an angel.

The devil is the rugby communityone of Tom’s passions, because it is a circle that revolves closely around the culture of alcohol, while his guardian angel is his current girlfriend, the actress Zendaya. For Holland, who feels “lucky” to have her by his side, he will surely have been a key person in her way out of this addiction in which anyone, working in Hollywood or not, can fall squarely.