Billy Mulligan

Film star Tom Holland says getting sober is " The Best thing I've ever done" after realising he'd become " enslaved" to alcohol.

Speaking to the, The Star said his journey to sobriety began with " a very, very boozy" Christmas Last Year .

But after deciding to do dry January, He Said , " all I could think about was having a drink. It really scared me".

" I just was like, 'Wow, maybe I have a little bit of an alcohol thing. "

The realisation prompted him to extend his no-drinking rule for another month, but he found it hard to resist England's drinking culture.

" I felt like I couldn't be social, " Holland said. " I felt like I couldn't go to the pub and have a lime soda. I couldn't go out for dinner. I was really, really struggling.

" I just sort of said to myself, like, 'Why? Why am I enslaved to this drink? Why am I so obsessed by the idea of having this drink?'"

Shaken, he set himself a target of going six months without drinking, and achieved The Goal on his 27th birthday, 1 June.

By that time, He Said , he was " the happiest I've ever been in my life".

The Star went on to list some of the benefits he'd felt since giving up drink.

" I could sleep better. I could handle problems better, " He Said . " Things that would go wrong on set, that would normally set me off, I could take in my stride. I had such better mental clarity. I felt healthier, I felt fitter.

" I'm happy to say it - I was definitely addicted to alcohol. I'm not shying away from that at all. "

The Spider-Man star added that getting sober had had some knock-on effects. He has distanced himself from the rugby community " because so much of it is about how much can you drink". And he also inspired His Mother to get sober.

" She's loving it, and it's been amazing, " He Said . " I can't believe the difference that I feel from not drinking. Yeah, I feel amazing. "

Holland is currently Nine Months into a year-long break from acting, after a gruelling shoot for The Apple TV series The Crowded Room.

Speaking last month, The Star said he had found it " tough" to play a character based on " the campus rapist" Billy Mulligan , a US man who claimed to have 24 alternate personalities.

Milligan was the First Person to be found Not Guilty of his crimes by reason of Insanity - on the basis of dissociative identity Disorder - and instead of going to prison he spent a decade in psychiatric hospitals.

" We were exploring certain emotions that I have definitely never experienced before, " Holland told Extra TV.

" And Then on top of that, being a producer, dealing with the day-to-day problems that come with any film set, just added that extra level of pressure.

" I'm now taking a year off, and that is a result of how difficult this show was. "

Although The Past year has seen him confront difficult issues, The Actor has been supported by his girlfriend and Spider-Man co-star Zendaya.

Speaking to the Smartless podcast last week, He Said he was " lucky that I have someone like Zendaya in my life".

" It's interesting being in a romantic relationship with someone that is in the same boat as you, " he added.

" You can share your experiences and All That sort of stuff - and that's worth its weight in gold. "

Source of news: bbc.com