Overview
- Hopkins posted the video on Dec. 29, two days before his 88th birthday, to note the milestone.
- In the clip, he recalls nearly killing himself while driving during a drunken blackout.
- He urges people who are struggling with alcohol to seek help, saying life is better sober and telling followers to "choose life."
- His October memoir, We Did OK, Kid, recounts a doctor's early warning about his health at 37 and pinpoints Dec. 29, 1975 as when the craving left.
- He says he got treatment at the time and still attends 12-step meetings.