Hopkins said he was “having fun” at the time but then realised he was in “big, big trouble”.
“Having fun is wonderful, having a drink is fine. But if you are having a problem with the booze, there is help,” he told his followers.
In 2018, Hopkins opened up on his battle with alcoholism when speaking to a group of students at the University of California.
He admitted he was “very difficult to work with” early in his stage career because he “was usually hungover”.
He said he turned his life around following a talk with a woman from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 1975, who asked him “why don’t you just trust in God?”.
