Tom Holland Opens Up On Alcohol Sobriety: ‘It’s Honestly Been The Best Thing I’ve Ever Done’
10.07.2023 - 21:13
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Tom Holland is getting vulnerable about his fear of addiction.
The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star spoke on the “Jay Shetty Podcast” about his decision to give up drinking, which he revealed wasn’t planned.
“I didn’t one day wake up and say I’m giving up drinking. I just, like many Brits had, had a very, very boozy December, Christmas time I was on vacation, I was drinking a lot, and I’ve always been able to drink a lot,” he recalled. “I think I get my genes from my mum’s side in that thing, not I can, I can drink. And I decided to just give up for January.”
What started as a pause on his drinking ended up being more difficult than Holland expected.
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“I just wanted to do dry January and all I could think about was having a drink. That’s all I could think about,” admitted the actor. “I was waking up thinking about it. I was checking the clock, when’s at 12pm? And it just really scared me. I just was like, wow. Maybe. Maybe I have a little bit of an alcohol thing. So I sort of decided to punish myself and say, I’ll do February as well. I’ll do two months off.”
As he extended his pause, the 27-year-old found that England’s drinking culture made it even more difficult for him to stay sober.
“If I can do two months off, then I can prove to myself that I don’t have a problem. Two months go by and I was still really struggling. I felt like I couldn’t be social,” Holland continued. “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, really struggling and I started to really worry that maybe I had an alcohol problem.”
He then extended his dry period until