{"id":102484,"date":"2022-10-20T06:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/harry-potter-star-tom-felton-recalls-going-to-rehab-three-times-for-alcohol-abuse-drinking-to-escape\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:35:07","slug":"harry-potter-star-tom-felton-recalls-going-to-rehab-three-times-for-alcohol-abuse-drinking-to-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/harry-potter-star-tom-felton-recalls-going-to-rehab-three-times-for-alcohol-abuse-drinking-to-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Harry Potter’ star Tom Felton recalls going to rehab three times for alcohol abuse: ‘Drinking to escape’"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Harry Potter” actor Tom Felton is speaking out about his past battle with alcohol abuse, which caused him to visit rehab multiple times.<\/p>\n
In Felton’s new memoir, “Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard,” he shared that in his 20s he was drinking heavily to “escape” and revealed his struggles with mental health.<\/p>\n
“Drinking becomes a habit at the best of times\u2026 When you’re drinking to escape a situation, even more so. The habit spilled out of the bar and, from time to time, on to set,” Felton penned, according to excerpts shared by Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old star admitted he frequented multiple dive bars in Los Angeles, and it deeply impacted his professional work.<\/p>\n
‘HARRY POTTER’S’ TOM FELTON REVEALS DANIEL RADCLIFFE USED CAMERON DIAZ PHOTO TO GUIDE HIM DURING FLYING SCENES<\/strong><\/p>\n “It came to the point where I would think nothing of having a drink while I was working. I’d turn up unprepared, not the professional I wanted to be. The alcohol, though, wasn’t the problem. It was the symptom “<\/p>\n