Michael J. Fox used alcohol to cope with Parkinson's

did you realize you're drinking to deal with the diagnosis or were you drinking to deal with how you were coping I was a birdie boy I was always I was drinking because it was Friday night it's anything Monday and Tuesday was coming and Wednesday was around the corner um I I had to fix party but then what happened was when I got diagnosed it turned nasty because remember about flying anymore it was about about exiting from the situation actually from relationships exiting from from uh responsibility so I I I I get to see if it was over the computer that 70s I got sober we had more children I I grew uh Fuller in my understanding of what what was I was dealing with um and and it can be coming to grips with the one doctor said to me to win this you you lose and and like I mean for example the first part of the documentary I I like to win I like them

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Keywords: michael j fox, alcoholism, addiction, mental health, health, entertainment news, entertainment, cbc, cbc news, shorts

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Length: 1min 0sec (60 seconds)

Published: Thu May 25 2023