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Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals He Quit Drinking 18 Months Ago After His Wife ‘Couldn’t Go On’

The composer said his wife felt she could not go on as he described a downhill spiral and said treatment helped him regain sobriety.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber recently quit drinking after noticing the effects his substance abuse struggles had on his family. “You think it’s a secret, but it’s not. Everybody knows. I started getting into a downhill spiral,” Lloyd Webber, 78, told The Times of London in a Saturday, April 19, profile. “About 18 months ago, the family were in a desperate state. My wife was feeling she couldn’t go on.” Lloyd Webber, who has been married to Madeleine Gurd…

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For decades, for the "Cats" composer Andrew Lloyd Webber alcohol was part of his life. Even though he tried a lot to get rid of the addiction. Only an important step actually helped him, as he now tells us.

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US Magazine broke the news in United States on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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