Tom Holland is opening up about his journey to sobriety and how he realized he was addicted to alcohol.
The 27-year-old British actor publicly revealed in May that he has been sober for a year and four months, adding that it was one of the hardest things he has ever done.
Spider-Man’s star appeared in Jay Shetty Podcast on Monday, where he talks about realizing how addicted he was after taking part in a ‘dry January’.
“I didn’t wake up one day and say ‘I’m going to stop drinking.'” Just, like many Brits, I had had a very, very drunk December, Christmas, I was on holiday, I was drinking a lot. ‘, he began, adding that ‘she’s always been able to drink a lot,’ adding that he thinks she gets it from his mother’s side of the family.
“I decided to give up on January, I wanted to make January dry, and all I was thinking about was having a drink,” Holland admitted.
Opening: Tom Holland is opening up about his journey to sobriety and how he realized he was addicted to alcohol.
Podcast: The Spider-Man star appeared on Jay Shetty’s podcast on Monday, where he talks about realizing how addicted he was after taking part in a ‘dry January
Drunk December: “I didn’t wake up one day and say ‘I’m going to stop drinking.'” Just, like many Brits, he had had a very, very drunk December, Christmas, he was on holiday, he was drinking a lot,” he began, adding that he “has always been able to drink a lot”, adding that he thinks he gets it on the side of the his mother’s family.
It was all he could think of. I would wake up thinking about it, look at the clock, “When is it 12?” And it really scared me,” Holland continued.
“I thought, ‘Wow, maybe I’ve got a little bit of alcohol,’ so I decided to ground myself and say I’ll do it in February too, I’ll do it for two months,” Holland said. .
He maintained that if he could, “take two months off and then I could prove to myself that I don’t have a problem.”
Holland added that the two months had passed and that “I was still struggling a lot, like I couldn’t be social, I felt like I couldn’t go to the pub and have a lime soda, I couldn’t go out for dinner, I was really struggling and I started to worry a lot about having a problem with alcohol.’
After the two months were up, he decided to go another three months until his birthday, June 1.
“I told myself, if I can go six months without alcohol, then I can prove to myself that I don’t have a problem,” Holland admitted, adding: “By the time I got to June 1, I was the happiest I’ve ever been. in my life.
He added that after all that time without alcohol, he slept better, was a better problem solver, “things that would go wrong on set that would normally bother me, I could take it easy.”
Holland admitted that without alcohol he had, ‘much better mental clarity, I felt healthier, I felt fitter and I said to myself, why am I enslaved to this drink? Why am I so obsessed with the idea of drinking this drink?
Awakening: ‘It was all I could think about. I would wake up thinking about it, look at the clock, “When is it 12?” And it really scared me,” Holland continued.
Maybe: “I thought, ‘Wow, maybe I have a little alcohol,’ so I decided to ground myself and say I’ll do it in February too, I’ll do it two months off.” holland said
Six months: “I told myself, if I can go six months without alcohol, then I can prove to myself that I don’t have a problem,” Holland admitted, adding: “When I got to June 1, I was the happiest I’ve ever been. had been in my life’
Better sleep: She added that after all that time without alcohol, she was sleeping better, problem solving better, “things that would go wrong on set that would normally bother me, I could take it easy.”
He added that he would go to events for work, adding that he “wouldn’t be able to have fun until I’ve had a few beers.”
The actor also said that quitting drinking is the reason he has ‘distanced’ himself from the rugby community, because ‘a lot of it is, ‘How much can you drink? Let’s get you as drunk as possible.” Honestly, it’s been the best thing I’ve ever done.
He added that he’s been sober for a year and a half and had a drink, “hasn’t even crossed my mind,” and found “incredible replacements that are fantastic and really healthy,” adding this “unique brew” he found is ‘full of electrolytes’.
He added that he is not trying to force his sober lifestyle on anyone else, adding: “If I could encourage someone to drink less, that would be great.” But I don’t want to start getting into the world of “You have to stop drinking.” Because it’s not for me to say.
