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JOHN LARROQUETTE - LAGUNA BEACH, CA 11-11-95 This is an Alcoholics Anonymous talk by comedic actor, John Larroquette. John recorded this talk in Laguna Beach, California on November 11th, 1995. At the time, John had 14 years of sobriety. John tells us that his father was an alcoholic who eventually died from the disease in 1976. His father had left the family when john was 2 years old so John was never able to talk to him about their common disease. Actually there were quite a few other family members that died of alcoholism. John had a strong catholic upbringing. When he began his drinking early in life, he immediately felt that he could not get enough alcohol. He realized that his brain was of the psychology that "If something is good, then more of it must be better." At one point after he had become an actor and had achieved some limited success, he had to resort to selling his blood because no money was coming in. While on the table with his blood being pumped out of him, he glanced over at a small black & white TV, and there he was on TV. He got a little chuckle out of the irony of the situation and thought to himself, "Boy if I don't die, this will make a great story someday when I'm on Johnny Carson." In 1980, John was doing the film, "Stripes" in Kentucky. That happened to be the same time when John Lennon was killed. This sent him into a deep drinking binge but he was able to keep acting in the film. John says that whenever he watches "Stripes" today, he has very little recollection of ever acting in the film. Throughout his entire life John new that he was not like other people. He continually asked himself, "Where are the other Lepers, Where are the other Lepers?" It was not until he found the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, that he finally found people just like himself. John's definition of insanity: The repetition of the same action over and over, expecting a different result. John says his wife is a true Al-Anon, if she was ever in a plane that was going to crash, someone else's life would flash before her eyes. Contents - 10 Tracks Length - 46 minutes |
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