“I didn’t want to die”

“I didn’t want to die”

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“I didn’t want to die”



Whoopi Goldberg admits she was once seriously addicted to cocaine in her upcoming memoir “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me.”

“After getting clean in the early 1970s, I stayed away from drugs, except for pot,” the Oscar winner, who went to rehab before her fame, writes in her book.

Goldberg, 68, then explained how Hollywood and New York redefined the meaning of “recreational drug use” in the 1980s.

The Oscar winner writes that in the 1980s, New York and Los Angeles redefined the concept of “recreational drug use.” Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Goldberg writes about attending parties where lines of cocaine were laid out. Getty Images

“I was invited to parties where I was greeted at the door with a bowl of Quaaludes from which I could choose whatever I wanted,” recalls the “Sister Act” star. “There were lines of cocaine lined up on tables and bathroom counters for the taking.”

Goldberg explains that partygoers knew cops would never go to the house of a “big producer or actor,” so the mood was allegedly “very casual” and “everyone was in on it.”

The EGOT winner also admits that she believed she could handle cocaine because it didn’t seem “dangerous” and it seemed like everyone had access to it at the time.

The comedian writes that she has been using it for about 18 months. Getty Images
She then began to experience hallucinations. Getty Images

Goldberg writes that everything was fine for about a year. She claims that she managed to hide her drug use and continue working, and even showed up at the appointed time without any problems.

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However, it wasn’t long before she felt the cocaine “start to kick in [her] butt.”

Things got so bad that Goldberg remembers hallucinating. At one point she thought she saw a dangerous creature under her bed that would try to attack her if she got up.

‘Moment of clarity’ Goldberg was discovered by a hotel cleaning lady while she was sitting in a closet taking cocaine. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Goldberg was able to quit smoking without going to rehab. CJ Rivera/Invision/AP

“So I didn’t leave my bed for twenty-four hours,” writes the “Ghost” star. “Shit like this doesn’t end nicely. Only as long as the person can hold their bladder.

Finally, Goldberg experienced what she calls a “slap in the face” while staying at a posh Manhattan hotel. She was sitting in the closet taking the drug when the landlady came in, opened the closet door and started screaming.

Goldberg jumped up and explained that it was her room, but then he saw her face smeared with cocaine in the mirror.

The View co-host details her cocaine use in a memoir. Amazon
The book tells the story of Goldberg’s close relationship with her late mother and brother. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

The “Star Trek” alum. she considers herself lucky, writing that she “managed to quit drugs quickly” even though she knew recovery would not be easy.

“I knew I would have to change friends and decline invitations, but I could do it,” she recalls. “I didn’t want to die.”

“Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me” will hit bookstore shelves on May 7.

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