Seth Rogen reveals he cut drinking after ‘hating’ himself for ‘getting blackout drunk’
In a new interview, actor speaks candidly about how, between the ages of 13 and 23, he drank ‘as often as I could without derailing my life in any meaningful way’
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Seth Rogen has opened up about what it took to significantly cut down on his drinking.
In a new interview with British GQ, the actor spoke candidly about how, between the ages of 13 and 23, he drank “as often as I could without derailing my life in any meaningful way”.
Eventually, Rogen, who is promoting his new collection of personal essays, Yearbook, explained he began to ask himself why he was consuming alcohol to such an extent.
“Like, why am I getting blackout drunk at these things and hating myself the next day? And I think I realised I had been lied to about alcohol and that it held a place in society for the wrong reasons,” he said.
Rogen also said that he cut out most alcohol “around 10 years ago” and settled on taking drugs socially.
“Once I grew more comfortable with doing other drugs that were more stigmatised and not worrying about damage in terms of anyone's perceptions of me, there was just a point where I realised I just need to be comfortable doing a quarter tab of molly [MDMA] at this party and not drinking and having a much better time,” he said. “Or eating a tiny bit of shrooms at this thing or having a [weed] lollipop.”
“The next day I don't have a hangover,” Rogen continued. “I'm not throwing up.”
“It's just much better for me," he concluded.
Yearbook is out 11 May.
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