Overview
- In We Did OK, Kid, published this week, the 87-year-old reflects on years of heavy drinking and recovery.
- He writes that a physician at age 37 warned of early liver problems, pancreatic inflammation, and lung congestion.
- Hopkins describes blacking out and driving through Beverly Hills on December 29, 1975, then seeking help and beginning 12-step meetings.
- He says the addiction brought out a brutal, shameful side of his personality, including picking fights and attacking directors.
- In a new interview, he calls estrangement from his daughter, Abigail, his greatest regret and notes he will reach about 50 years sober in December.