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- 5 March 2012, 14:02
Weller: 'I'm an alcoholic'
Paul Weller has confessed he is an alcoholic.
The former The Jam frontman gave up drinking booze in 2010 following his marriage to girlfriend Hannah Andrews, and now leads a teetotal lifestyle.
Weller has now opened up about his years of heavy drinking, admitting he realised he has an addiction to alcohol.
The singer/songwriter tells The Times, "I feel fitter now. I go to the gym. Stopped drinking about 16 months ago... Time for a lifestyle change. I couldn't keep doing it. It was killing me... I miss the silliness (of being drunk)... I'm not one of those people who can just have a couple of drinks. If it's two, it might as well be 20. If it's 20, it might as well be 40...
"I think I'm an alcoholic, definitely. Yeah. I would have thought so. It's hard to know where a p**shead (drunk) becomes an alkie (alcoholic). Fine line. But yeah, I think so."
When asked if it was a struggle to quit drinking, the rocker replies, "Not really. I didn't want to go to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) or any of that b**locks."
In 2008, Weller was pictured sprawled drunkenly on the ground in a street in Prague, Czech Republic after a boozing session with Andrews.
what do you think?
craig walker
..so let me get this straight, he says he's an alcoholic? but he gave up drinking 2 years ago? so he's not an alcoholic then? but he definately thinks he is? but it wasn't a struggle to stop drinking either? I'm thinking that he may have taken this interview while on crack!
paddyj
Just an old has been looking for headlines, has he got a song out soon?? bit of publicity always helps out.
Krissi H
I wish him well. Brave enough to admit his addiction and do something positive about it - good on him. Loved his music and if his experience of booze can be a warning to our vulnerable teenagers, crack on!! I don't care who they listen to, as long as they get the message about the dangers of excess.
Stuart Harley
....HE IS A SECRET CUSTARD ADDICT !!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Jordan
4:27pm on 5/3/2012
Hi does Paul make appearances at events aimed at the young people who might become vulnerable to the peer pressure of the drinking culture. Possibly just a song about his finding that drink has made stuff go away
Mike Drouin
9:02am on 6/3/2012
nothing ever goes away.