‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism
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- The actor David Morrissey has spoken of how “terrible” social anxiety contributed to him becoming an alcoholic.
- “I am a recovering alcoholic,” Morrissey, who has been sober for 21 years, told Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “Drinking first was about anxiety.
- He said he started drinking in his teenage years after the death of his father and then “in my adult life, I couldn’t stop.
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David Morrissey: ‘When I’m in work, I feel safe.’ Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian View image in fullscreen David Morrissey: ‘When I’m in work, I feel safe.’ Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian David Morrissey‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Liverpool-born actor says depression and anxiety followed death of his father when he was 15
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“I am a recovering alcoholic,” Morrissey, who has been sober for 21 years, told Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “Drinking first was about anxiety. I’ve had this terrible social anxiety and that helped me get through it.”