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Lakeith Stanfield Reveals He Couldn’t “Move Or Function” Without Alcohol

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Lakeith Stanfield Reveals He Couldn’t “Move Or Function” Without Alcohol

LakeithStanfiled is getting candid about his struggles with alcoholism and his ability to function without it,

In a new interview with GQ Hype, the 30-year-old Judas and the Black Messiah star opened up about his battle with alcohol addiction. The actor revealed he first learned that he had a problem when he was filming 2021 Netflix western, “The Harder They Fall.”

 

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“This is something I never really had talked about before, but I think it’s something that I need to talk about, because I want people to understand that it’s something that you can get through, that it’s something that you can get past,” he said. “And I want people to feel empowered by the fact that the person they’re looking at on that screen has gone through addiction and survived it.”

He recalled another incident where his addiction crept up on him while he was getting a massage.

“I just got up, canceled the massage, and told [the masseuse] to leave,” he said. “And she was probably like, What the hell is going on? And I didn’t really know what was happening either. I just thought, I’m anxious, let me just drink some wine. As soon as I drink the wine, the anxiety goes away.”
He initially thought his problems were due to anxiety, but later learned that it was a symptom of alcohol withdrawal. He recently spoke to Jamie Lee Curtis who helped him open up and deal with his alcoholism.

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