Overview
- On The Interview podcast, the 87-year-old recalled driving blackout drunk in California and realizing he could have killed someone.
- He said he told a former agent at a Beverly Hills party, "I need help," then contacted a Los Angeles 12-step intergroup and began attending meetings.
- Hopkins recounted that at exactly 11:00 a deep, "vocal, male" voice told him, "It's all over. Now you can start living," and his craving to drink disappeared.
- He describes the moment as a spiritual experience, saying he chose to call the force God and also refers to it as divinity or a life force.
- He noted celebrating 49 years of sobriety last December and reflected on drinking to blunt childhood loneliness in an acting culture that normalized heavy alcohol use.