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Denzel Washington Reflects on Past Drug and Alcohol Use: 'I've Done a Lot of Damage to the Body'

The 'Gladiator II' star, who has been sober for 10 years, says his vice was wine, which he calls "very tricky.”

Denzel Washington is appoaching a decade of sobriety, saying “I haven’t had a thimble’s worth since” quitting alcohol when he turned 60. The Gladiator II star — who turns 70 next month — looks back on his relationship with alcohol in the Winter issue of Esquire, where he graces the cover. He shared that he “wasn’t drinking when we filmed Flight,” the 2012 drama in which he played an alcoholic airline pilot, but "I’m sure I did as soon as I finished.

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