Drinking a beer with olives on a terrace or having a glass of wine at a dinner is the popular imagination; Alcohol consumption is linked to parties, enjoyment and fun. However, this legal drug is the cause of death of 2.6 million people worldwide, according to ; and in Spain, more than 15,000 people, according to . This is the main reason – the more than 200 diseases that daily consumption can cause, including cancer – are also included, why, for more than three decades, November 15 has been World Alcohol-Free Day.
From the boom of the smartphones and social networks, famous people are no longer those unattainable and unknown characters. Not only do they share their lives in them, but they also become the protagonists of stories and photos that others publish. They have never had as much media attention and exposure as they do now, something that many celebrities They have taken the opportunity to focus on the issues that matter to them. And one of them is alcohol consumption, and how that has influenced their lives and the reasons why they have bet (whether for health, addiction problems or a family decision). The last celebrities to speak publicly about why they don’t drink alcohol are the brothers, who were preceded by world-famous stars such as Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Bradley Cooper.
It has been more than a year since , one of the best-known faces on the Spanish audiovisual scene, has not drunk any alcohol. Today he no longer wants excesses, parties or large events. You want to take care of yourself, dedicate your time to sports and enjoy yourself. “I don’t drink anymore, it’s been a year and a while since I stopped drinking. Zero,” commented the actor in front of a stunned David Broncano. Faced with this statement, both recalled a comical situation that they experienced a little over a year ago: one night when the comedian was walking down the street, he ran out of a taxi shouting “Broncano, you son of a bitch!” with a bottle of wine in his hand, according to the presenter’s version. Laughing, the actor pointed out the situation: “It was a beer and I spoke to you in a tone of ‘I love you, man.’”
Casas also told the program why he decided to give up alcohol. “In the end I did it to take care of myself, I drank when I went out, but I don’t go out anymore. “I am very healthy,” he said. He is not the only one in his family who has publicly declared himself teetotal. His little brother, the actor Óscar, also stated that he had stopped consuming alcohol in one, the Sunday magazine of EL PAÍS, along with the gymnast Gervasio Deferr, whom he plays in a new series.
The path to sobriety began precisely thanks to his performance in The big jumpthe biographical series that narrates his life from his beginnings in 1986 until 2017, when he leaves a detoxification clinic. In the conversation with The Weekly CountryCasas said that he gave up alcohol when he was preparing for the role. “I wanted to live what he lived, but I realized that it was something much bigger,” said the interpreter. “We have normalized the fact of drinking alcohol as social and essential. It’s a cliché that if you don’t drink you won’t have a good time. Now I go out with my friends, I have just as much fun without tasting a drop of alcohol.” He continues his life and career in the strictest sobriety: “I feel more productive. Better with myself.”
Other public and media testimonies
In January 2019, she was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres show. There he surprised everyone by stating that he was going to abstain from trying alcohol as long as his son Jonathan – then three years old (now he is eight) – continued living at home. In April of that same year, in an interview for the magazine Modern Luxurythe actress of The devil wears Prada He explained that. “I quit because the way I drink leads to a hangover and that’s the problem. My last hangover lasted five days. When I’m at a stage in my life where I have enough room to get through a hangover, I’ll be able to drink again, but that won’t be until my son is out of the house,” he reiterated.
Tom Holland (Kingston-upon-Thames, United Kingdom, 28 years old) after spending several months feeling like a slave to drink. The actor of the last saga of Spider-Man began the path to sobriety thanks to the Dry January initiative, which encourages eliminating alcohol from your diet for the 31 days of the first month of the year. And he has remained sober until now. “It has been the most difficult thing I have done in my life and, without a doubt, the greatest achievement. “I am very proud to be sober today,” he reflected last October with the magazine Forbeswho interviewed him on the occasion of the launch of his project. And becoming teetotal gave him the idea of
After 20 years of sobriety, away from alcohol and drugs, the actor and director became like Ben Affleck or Brad Pitt who wanted to stop drinking. The latter, who also went through therapy to overcome his alcoholism, thanked Cooper for being one: “I worked to get sober thanks to this guy and, since I did, my days have been much happier. I love you and I thank you for it,” Brad Pitt told his friend during an awards ceremony in January 2020.
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These are the ones who have opted to make public their fight against alcoholism. And the list goes on: Adele has spoken at her concerts about her path to sobriety; last May Alec Baldwin spoke at a podcast about his 39 years away from alcohol and drugs; Miley Cyrus, Eva Mendes, Kristin Davis, Robert Downey Jr., Lana del Rey…
