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,
“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.”