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Selma Blair Says Alcohol Is Not a Safe Way to Manage Her MS Pain
Selma Blair says she cannot drink alcohol because it is not good medicine for her.
On an episode recorded before a recent flight incident, she said she had used alcohol from a young age to ease headaches and calm herself.
Blair has multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects nerve fibers, and said alcohol seemed to numb the pain.
She came to see that drinking was taking her in the wrong direction, as having more than one glass left her feeling worse.
She said she does not follow a fully sober lifestyle through Alcoholics Anonymous, but that drinking is something she cannot do.
Blair has spoken about struggling with alcohol for more than 20 years, including in her 2022 memoir.
Earlier this month, she had a medical emergency on a flight and was arrested after landing in New York City on assault charges; she has pleaded not guilty.
Selma Blair said she used alcohol to cope with headaches and nerve pain related to her multiple sclerosis.
She said drinking is not good medicine for her and that she cannot drink.
Blair described how one glass became several as she tried to numb her pain.
She said she does not follow a “sober, sober lifestyle with AA.”
Blair discussed her past relationship with alcohol on the Oct. 20 episode of The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show.
- Who
- Selma Blair, an actress who has multiple sclerosis.
- What
- She said she used alcohol to cope with pain but has stopped drinking because it was not good medicine for her.
- When
- She discussed it on an episode published Oct. 20; the recording date is not stated.
- Where
- On The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show.
- Why
- She said alcohol helped calm her and ease headaches and nerve pain, but she recognized it was not leading her to the right place.
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Blair passed out on a plane while traveling with her son and her ex, after a mixture of alcohol and medication.
Blair discussed her past alcohol use in her memoir Mean Baby and said the plane incident made her stop drinking.
Blair experienced another mid-flight incident that her representative described as a medical emergency.
Blair discussed her past relationship with alcohol on The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show.
- Condition
- Multiple sclerosis
- Podcast episode
- The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show, Oct. 20
- Past memoir
- Mean Baby, published in 2022
- Plane incident
- 2016, while traveling with her son and her ex Jason Bleick
What people are saying
Alcohol is not good medicine for me.
It just wasn't going to lead me to the right place.
It was the one thing that could take you from this to chill.