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Andrew Lloyd Webber reveals he is ‘recovering alcoholic’
The composer said a clinic failed before he found help in Alcoholics Anonymous and now attends meetings daily, citing a family crisis.
- Lord Lloyd Webber, the 78-year-old musical theatre impresario, revealed he is a "recovering alcoholic" who attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings daily across London, Hampshire, and New York.
- Sixteen months ago, the composer decided to seek help after his family reached a "desperate state" during his "downhill spiral," describing his sobriety as "the best thing that ever happened to me."
- During daily AA meetings, Lloyd Webber realized he was "drinking vodka to hide it," while discovering that sobriety has improved his productivity rather than diminishing his creative output.
- Between April 22 and May 6, the composer is auctioning his remaining wine collection via Christie's, with estimated £300,000 in proceeds benefiting the Music in Secondary Schools Trust.
- This revelation follows his brother Julian Lloyd Webber's announcement of prostate cancer treatment, while the composer continues writing musicals based on "The Illusionist" and the 1911 Mona Lisa theft.
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The British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber pretended to have let go of alcohol in public. Now he tells us that in truth it was quite different.
Sydney Morning Herald
‘Family were in a desperate state’: Andrew Lloyd Webber reveals he is a recovering alcoholic
The composer of hit musicals Phantom of the Opera and Cats says a “downward spiral” 16 months ago forced him to finally take action.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals He Drank in Secret for Years After Telling People He Was Sober: 'I Am a Recovering Alcoholic'
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is “a recovering alcoholic,” he admitted to The Times of London in an interview published Saturday. “I started drinking secretly.” Lloyd Webber admitted to the outlet he took a break from drinking from 2015-16 while producing “School of Rock” on Broadway. “I was doing what they call ‘white-knuckling,’ without any backup, and I started to worry that I wasn’t being creative,” he added. “And I thought, ‘But I’ve said to…
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