Simon Pegg has admitted he'd 'one hundred per cent' be dead today if he hadn't received treatment for his alcohol addiction.
The actor, 52, confessed he had become dependent on the 'sensation of being numb' as opposed to the 'chemical addiction', after writing about his troubled childhood in his 2009 memoir, Nerd Do Well.
He told  he knew he was depressed but 'just didn't know how to escape it', adding he would sometimes even turn to alcohol at breakfast.




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Tragic: The actor, 52, confessed he had become dependent on the 'sensation of being numb' as opposed to the 'chemical addiction', after writing about his troubled childhood in his 2009 memoir, Nerd Do Well

When asked whether he would be dead today if he hadn't gotten help at The Priory Hospital, Simon said: 'One hundred per cent, because, and I don't think it's too dramatic to say, that is the ultimate end of that line of flight.'
He soon realised he'd 'opened a ziplock file in his mind' about his parents Gillian and John's divorce and hdrezka - kinoflux-zfilm.pw, his 'difficult' relationships with their new partners, when writing his book.
The comedian said: 'My relationship with both [stepfather and stepmother] was really difficult. They were young and immature. They had their own issues. And I was the walking, talking remnant of another relationship.
'For a child it is extremely disturbing to be rejected by an adult. Adults are the authority on everything. When there's suddenly an adult in a position of parental power who doesn't like you, it's like, what the f***?'





Pal: Simon, who has battled depression since the age of 18, revealed he has had 'deep conversations and heart-to-hearts' with his friend Tom Cruise (right) over the years (pictured in 2018)








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