Overview
- Hopkins writes that at 37 a doctor warned of early liver trouble, pancreas inflammation and lung congestion, pushing him to face his drinking.
- He describes driving blackout drunk through Beverly Hills on December 29, 1975 after a trip from Arizona and learning from his agent he had been found on the road.
- He recalls realizing he needed to stop drinking that night and says the craving lifted, marking the start of his recovery.
- He reports nearly five decades of sobriety, continued attendance at 12‑step meetings and a plan to mark 50 years next month.
- The memoir, We Did OK, Kid, reflects on shame over an “ugly” and “brutal” side that emerged during his drinking and on the acting culture that once valorized alcohol.