After confiding in the columns of Le Parisien, comedian Jérémy Ferrari spoke about his alcoholism on the set of the show C à vous (France 5). Explanations.
“In a year, in fact, [j’ai commencé] to drink when I get up in the morning and to consume at least 6 to 7 liters of wine a day”. Here is the testimony of Jérémy Ferrari on the set of the show It’s up to youon France 5. On the occasion of his new show, entitled General anaesthesia, the comedian is betting on laughing at his illness. In this interview, Jérémy Ferrari talks about “black alcohol”, which he describes as “the most acute form of alcoholism”.
“You just increase the doses”
In reality, the expression “black alcoholism” does not exist from a medical point of view. However, she describes a real descent into hell, a spiral in which dark ideas also invite themselves. Jérémy Ferrari even went so far as to attempt suicide. It was after escaping death that he decided to go to rehab. We then explain to him that he is suffering “of the hardest form” of alcoholism. “It’s a form of alcoholism where when you lose control you just increase the dose all the time and never manage to stop.”he describes.
Alcoholism is not just a matter of will
In this testimony, the comedian also wants to fight the received idea according to which stopping drinking is a question of will. “I hear a lot about that, but addiction is a neurological disease. Whatever the problems: alcohol or another addiction. It’s a neurological condition that takes over the area in the brain that regulates willpower too. It takes willpower to get out of it, but before you know you’re sick and before you admit it, it’s very hard to find the willpower to stop.
Underlying psychiatric disorders
In addition, Jérémy Ferrari says he suffers from “invisible diseases, psychiatric disorders. These have formed a real breeding ground for his alcohol addiction: attention disorders, hyperactivity, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD)… Jérémy Ferrari has also been diagnosed as having high potential. “It’s been a Molotov cocktail in my head for decades”, details the actor. In his show, Jérémy Ferrari tackles health in general, ranging from his alcohol problems to homeopathy, through the public hospital and the pharmaceutical industry.
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