Whoopi Goldberg Says She Was Addicted to Cocaine Early in Her Career

Whoopi Goldberg says she was hooked on cocaine early on in her profession — and it obtained so unhealthy, apparently, that she began to hallucinate … finally forcing an a-ha second.

The actress/TV host will get very candid in her new memoir, ‘Bits and Items,’ about how she was doing medicine from an early age — solely to get clear within the ’70s … after which dive again into it once more within the ’80s as she was beginning to hit the Hollywood scene.

Whoopi says coke was her greatest vice … as she explains it was fairly actually all over the place, and being dispersed with such ease at events and get-togethers between NY and L.A.

She writes, “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. Lines of cocaine were laid across tables and bathroom counters for the taking.”

Whoopi goes on to say that she was knee-deep in cocaine use, and that every thing was underneath management for a couple of yr — however at one level, she says it began to “kick my ass” … inflicting her to have hallucinations and confine herself to her room for lengthy durations of time.

In actual fact, she describes one scary episode the place she was so excessive she thought there was a monster underneath her mattress … and he or she stayed there for a full day, peeing the mattress too.

The second she obtained a wake-up name got here when a resort maid discovered her doing coke within the closet … and Whoopi noticed herself within the mirror — with white powder throughout her face — she realized she had a significant downside and needed to get clear (once more). So, that is what she did.