Famous Alcoholics: Actors and Other Famous Alcoholics

It cannot be denied that alcoholism is a complex disease that causes severe harm to a person. However, in our time, it affects not only ordinary homeless people or the average static inhabitants of the planet. But also a huge number of celebrities. And history can remind of talented people who were drunkards.

Hollywood alcoholics

The list of famous alcoholic actors opens with the handsome pirate Johnny Depp. In his interviews, he repeatedly confessed his love for alcohol. And he even demanded that after he dies, they put him in a barrel of whiskey. His drunken stories have been retold word of mouth for more than a year. He even tried to consult doctors, but it is still unknown whether he managed to tie up with this addiction.
Robert Downey Jr. His love of alcohol nearly lost his career. The movie studios, one after another, broke off all relations with him. And once in a drunken stupor he climbed into the house of his neighbors and fell asleep in the bed of their daughter. They expelled him from there with the help of the police.
Mel Gibson. An actor with a long history of alcoholic. I got acquainted with drinking at the age of 13. Since then, it has been waging an unsuccessful war against this addiction, almost bringing itself to suicide.

Zac Efron. This beautiful, slender actor, getting rid of drugs, became addicted to alcohol, ruining his life with incredible zeal.
Shia LaBeouf. The star of the Transformers epic has repeatedly admitted that alcohol ruined his life and career. Alcoholism scandals horrified spectators at the performance, visitors to the club and colleagues at work.
Derik Whibley. Former husband Avril Lavigne was hospitalized in serious condition due to alcohol. The lead singer of Sum 41 was on the edge of the abyss and nearly died.
Christian Slater. The actor often gets into the police for drunken scandals. Also, everyone knows about the frequent binges of this handsome man.

Russian alcoholics

No less famous are Russian alcoholics. Among them are actors, singers, honored figures of our country.

Mikhail Efremov. A talented actor considers fighting alcohol useless. And has long ceased to spend time on this.
Philip Kirkorov. Even his ex-wife Alla Pugacheva complained about the "king of pop". And it’s no secret to anyone that he is a lover of addicted to strong drinks.
Grigory Leps. The voice of this singer is bewitching. But Leps himself is not at all trying to hide his addiction, and he is not going to treat the craving for alcohol.
Sergey Shnurov. Outrageous singer admits that alcohol helps him in his work. Therefore, on stage, he always acts foolishly.
Alexey Panin. The Internet is full of videos with a drunken actor. His antics are so immoral that many already doubt his mental state.
Marat Basharov. Recently, the actor was seen drunk driving a car in which his daughter was. And when he beat his wife, they say that he was also drunk.

Among other famous Russian alcoholics, one can distinguish Alexei Nilov and Alexander Domogarov.

Alcoholic writers

It is known that Edgar Allan Poe got drunk to delirium tremens, fought with ghosts and was sent to the hospital more than once. As a result, he died from clogged vessels in a drunken stupor. Until now, unknown people leave a bottle of whiskey on his grave.
Erich Maria Remarque. The author of the famous work “On the Western Front Without Change” was also a big drinker.
Sergey Donatovich Dovlatov. Russian writer. He wrote ironic tales of emigrants abroad, simultaneously applying to the coveted bottle.
Ernest Hemingway. An American writer and journalist committed suicide. However, during his life he loved mojitos and games with death.
Yaroslav Hasek. The Czech writer drank and wandered a lot. Died at the age of 39.
Sergey Yesenin. All the newspapers of those times wrote about the drunken antics of the famous Russian poet. He got drunk before bouts of epilepsy and had absolutely no control over himself.

Jack London. His work was inseparable from whiskey. He sincerely told about this in his book "Jack Barley Grain".
Taras Shevchenko. Ukrainian poet who sought inspiration in wine.

Also, this list is supplemented by Yuri Olesha, Yuri Nagibin, Sergey Baruzdin, Nikolai Rubtsov, Mikhail Sholokhov, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Yuri Kazakov, Vasily Belov, Charles Bukovsky, Alexander Kuprin and Alexander Blok.

Drunk scientists

There are also famous alcoholic scientists in history.

George Gamow. Famous Russian physicist, popularizer of science. He drowned his genius talent in a glass with a drink. Which, however, did not prevent him from becoming a significant personality in the history of science.
Omar Khayyam. Only the lazy does not quote this famous scientist and poet. But he also liked to stick to a bottle of alcohol.
Paracelsus. Medical scientist. It was he who invented the first pill in the world. He loved to drink, and even wrote his scientific papers while intoxicated.
Diogenes. The philosopher of ancient Greece could not refuse wine. And he wrote down his views under the influence of a disastrous drink.

World famous alcoholics

In the list of the most famous alcoholics in the world, the first place, undoubtedly, is occupied by Alexander the Great. Being a big fan of Dionysus, the great commander conquered half the world. However, he also became famous for his binges. After another such binge, he died.
Anacreont. The ancient Greek poet was famous for orgies and feasts. Ironically, the grape seed in wine was the cause of his death.
Peter the First. The reformer, who brought a lot of new things to Russia, loved feasts and banquets. Before him, vodka did not know such popularity in Russia and was considered a German drink.
Alexander the Third. This is the king, very fond of his wife and … vodka. Why he died, ruining his liver.
Frank Sinatra A mind-blowing career, millions of fans and his beloved wife could not keep him from a sinful addiction. Even in the afterlife, he went with a bottle of whiskey, which was put in his coffin.
Vincent Van Gogh. Perhaps the most famous alcoholic in the world. The Dutch impressionist was famous for drunken brawls, in one of which he cut off his earlobe. He adored absinthe and drank it very much, like his colleague Picasso. In the end, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The author of "The Great Gatsby" was in full swing, and with his wife, who survived him, but in a psychiatric clinic.
Stephen King The greatest writer of our time admitted that he wrote many of his works in a drunken stupor.
Lord Byron. A very controversial figure, about which there were many rumors. But his love of alcohol, alas, is not a rumor, but the true truth.
Nero. The emperor of the Roman Empire followed his addiction for the rest of his life.
Benjamin Franklin. His portrait is depicted on dollar bills. This American politician was sick with syphilis and was very fond of Madeira.

On the Internet you can find many photos of famous alcoholics in which they are depicted with a bottle or a glass.

Long-lived alcoholics

Probably, every person at least once in his life heard the phrase "alcohol kills." But there were also well-known long-lived alcoholics who, by their own example, proved that this is not always the case.

Queen Elizabeth. The wife of George VI drank a large number of various alcoholic drinks per day. Despite this, the darling of the people lived to a very old age and died at the age of 101.
Politiman. The surgeon lived for 140 years. However, he drank every day.
Henry Miller A writer whose works described the life of dissolved women, the elite of society, their addiction to alcohol and other vices. Died, despite libations, at the age of 88 years.
Winston Churchill. The famous politician ruled Britain with one hand, and in the other held a glass with cognac. It is hard to imagine this person without a glass and a cigar. He lived to be 90 years old.

They defeated drunkenness

Fortunately, there are many famous alcoholics who quit drinking and live a full life.

Anthony Hopkins. The famous Hannibal Lecter got drunk to hell. And this would continue for a long time, if not for the incident that happened to him after another booze. He just woke up in the morning in a completely different state and did not remember anything. After that, he joined AA (Society of Alcoholics Anonymous). And since then I have never used alcohol.
Eminem There was a time when the rapper almost died from an overdose. But he managed to pull himself together in time, which was a considerable merit of Elton John. Now he is famous again and regained his first position in the charts.
Elton John. The famous homosexual distinguished himself not only with his alcohol addiction, but also with the drugs to which he was accustomed by the manager. Restore a sober lifestyle, he helped a friend Ryan White. And for more than 20 years, the artist has not been drinking.
Ian McGregor. The actor of the film "On the Needle" decided to stop drinking when he lost almost everything and became ashamed of his reflection in the mirror.
Stephen Tyler Aerosmith's vocalist used drugs and alcohol. After the group began to lose its popularity, it went through rehabilitation.
Ben Affleck. He was treated for alcoholism in 2001. After 10 years, he broke at the presentation of the Sundance Prize. But he was able to pull himself together again and cope with addiction. The magnificent actor and director won the Oscar for the film Operation Argo.
Daniel Radcliffe. "Harry Potter" sometimes came to the shooting drunk. He was treated several times, but again went into binge. Now he does not drink, but how long he can hold out - no one knows.

Alec Baldwin. For almost 10 years, he fell asleep with a bottle. The man he passed by almost every day helped him. Pity in his eyes sobered up the actor, and with the help of AA he stopped drinking.

Policy in a bottle

Among the powers that be, one can also find lovers of the green serpent.

Boris Yeltsin. This ruler has repeatedly disgraced Russia with his drunken antics. The whole country watched him when he danced drunk at receptions or played on the head of the Kyrgyz president.
George W. Bush In America, he was known not only as president, but also as an example for people who want to stop drinking.
Kim Jong Il The ruler of North Korea is a big lover of cognac and cigars, which reminds Winston Churchill.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Reformer, first president, Turkish Lenin. As soon as they call this famous politician. He died of cirrhosis, which he received from his beloved cancer (anise vodka).

Of the modern political figures who are clearly friends or were friends with a glass, note M. Poroshenko, S. Nakagawa, L. Kuchma and others.

Women and wine

A lot of the list of famous alcoholics and women.

Betty Ford President Ford’s wife has struggled with alcoholism for many years and set up a clinic for others with the same problems.
Edith Piaf. This talented singer was accustomed to wine as a child, which led her to alcoholism.
Galina Brezhnev. This woman had everything to dream about. But the passion for vodka was stronger. Having lost everything she had, she died in a psychiatric hospital.
Tatyana Dogileva. A beautiful woman and a beautiful actress was under the control of alcohol for a very long time. More recently, she was able to overcome this dependence in herself, but external changes are too obvious.
Lera Kudryavtseva. She managed to stop thanks to her son, who was afraid to leave an orphan.
Larisa Guzeeva. A lover of feasts was able to quit addiction and now leads a healthy lifestyle.

Of the Western beauties who have overcome alcoholism, Britney Spears, Kelly Osbourne, Drew Barrymore, Christine Davis, Paris Hilton, Lara Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Courtney Love and others are distinguished.

Alcoholic Athletes

It would seem that sports and alcohol are incompatible things. But no, not in this case.

Mike Tyson. He is famous for his addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Fernando Rixen The footballer promised to stop, but …
Adriano The Brazilian soccer player combined night outings with morning training.
Sicinho. The Brazilian defender does not make excuses to society and claims that he would take drugs if he were not afraid of doping tests.

And also like to drink A. Bugaev, G. Tumilovich, P. Gascoigne, A. Milevsky, T. Adams.

Passed away

Many celebrities who are no longer alive were famous for their cronyism with alcohol: V. Vysotsky, V. Galkin, Yu. Bogatyrev, A. Panin, V. Tsoi, O. Dal, N. Eremenko, Yu. Khoy and many others a lot others.