Overview
- Hopkins says he nearly died after driving while heavily intoxicated, which led him to quit drinking on December 29, 1975.
- In the Instagram video he explicitly calls his past dependence alcoholism and says he sought help to stop.
- He encourages followers who struggle with alcohol to get support, saying life is much better sober.
- He notes he still attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings as part of his long-term recovery.
- His October memoir We Did OK, Kid describes a doctor warning that his body resembled that of a much older man and the moment he imagined his parents being told of a fatal crash he might cause.