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Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’

Pop and rock legend tells Sunday Times of drinking problem and ill health after final Genesis tour in 2021Phil Collins has said that he suffered life-threatening alcoholism in recent years.Speaking to the Sunday Times, the pop and rock legend, 75, said that his drinking began after he stopped taking...

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by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’

Pop and rock legend tells Sunday Times of drinking problem and ill health after final Genesis tour in 2021

Phil Collins has said that he suffered life-threatening alcoholism in recent years.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, the pop and rock legend, 75, said that his drinking began after he stopped taking Antabuse, a drug that causes illness if alcohol is consumed, which he had been using since an earlier period of alcoholism.

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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Ben Beaumont-Thomas.

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