Selma Blair is making some heartbreaking confessions about her past. The actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, has written a new memoir titled "Mean Baby," which is set to be released on May 17.
In it, she detailed how her battle with alcohol abuse started when she was just 7 years old. "I don’t know if I would’ve survived childhood without alcoholism," the 49-year-old told People magazine in the latest issue. "That’s why it’s such a problem for a lot of people.
It really is a huge comfort, a huge relief in the beginning. Maybe even the first few years for me because I did start really young with that as a comfort, as a coping mechanism." In an excerpt published by the outlet, Blair described her first time getting drunk as "a revelation." Selma Blair has written a new memoir titled "Mean Baby." (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for FIJI Water) "As I took small sips of the Manischewitz I was allowed throughout the seder a light flooded through me, filling me up with the warmth of God," the "Cruel Intentions" star wrote. "But the year I was 7, when we basically had Manischewitz on tap and no one was paying attention to my consumption level, I put it together: the feeling was not God but fermentation." "I thought 'Well this is a huge disappointment, but since it turns out I can get the warmth of the Lord from a bottle, thank God there's one right here,’" she continued. "I got drunk that night.
Very drunk. Eventually, I was put in my sister Katie's bed with her. In the morning, I didn't remember how I'd gotten there." According to Blair, she would take "quick sips" in her early years of drinking to cope with her anxiety.
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