Billy Joel on stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, USA. By
Philip Sherwell, New York: The pop star went into rehab for his drinking habit in 2005 but in a
wide-ranging interview insisted that the spate of accidents in two preceding
years was not caused by his heavy consumption of vodka, his alcohol of
choice.
"I was kind of in a mental fog, and it had nothing to do with the booze,"
he told
The New York Times.
"My mind wasn't right. I wasn't focused. I went into a deep, deep
depression after 9/11.
"9/11 just knocked the wind out of me, and I don't know even now if I've
recovered from it. It really, really hurt that man could do that to man.
"And then there was a break-up with somebody, and it took me a while to
get me back on my feet again ... I used booze as medication."...Continue reading...
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