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Whoopi Goldberg details serious cocaine addiction and the moment she came clean in new memoir: ‘I didn’t want to die’

In her upcoming book, out May 7, the “Sister Act” star writes about hitting rock bottom when a hotel employee found her sitting in a closet doing the hard drug.

Getty Images“I was invited to parties where I was greeted at the door with a bowl of Quaaludes from which I could pick what I wanted,” the “Sister Act” star recalls. Goldberg explains that partygoers knew cops were never going to raid the home of a “big-time producer or actor,” so the attitude was allegedly “very relaxed” and “everyone partook.” Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesThe “Star Trek” alum considers herself lucky, writing that she was “able to stop using drugs quickly,” even though she knew going cold turkey wouldn’t be easy.

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