Denzel Washington Drank Two Bottles Of Wine A Day

Denzel Washington did “a lot of damage” to his body when he used to drink two bottles of fine wine a day. The 69-year-old ‘Training Day’ star spent years battling a drinking problem but he’s been sober for 10 years and he’s revealed his issues with alcohol started when he got a taste for pricey vintages after adding a wine cellar to the family home. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp He told Esquire magazine: “Wine is very tricky.

It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden. I never got strung out on heroin.



Never got strung out on coke. Never got strung out on hard drugs. I shot dope just like they shot dope, but I never got strung out.

“And I never got strung out on liquor. I had this ideal idea of wine tastings and all that – which is what it was at first. And that’s a very sub­tle thing.

I mean, I drank the best ...

I learned to drink the best [when we added the wine cellar]. So I’m gonna drink my ’61s and my ’82s and whatever we had. Wine was my thing, and now I was popping $4,000 bottles just because that’s what was left.

” He revealed he used to drink two bottles a day but he would never indulge when he was working. Denzel explained: “I never drank while I was working or preparing. I would clean up, go back to work – I could do both.

However many months of shooting, bang, it’s time to go. Then, boom. Three months of wine, then time to go back to work.

” He went on to conceded his drinking impacted his health but he’s hoping a decade sober will help him live well into old age. The actor – who turns 70 in December – added: “I’ve done a lot of damage to the body. We’ll see.

I’ve been clean. “Things are opening up for me now – like being 70. It’s real.

And it’s OK. This is the last chapter – if I get another thirty, what do I want to do? My mother made it to ninety-seven. I’m doing the best I can.

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