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Tom Holland Reveals How He Accidentally Quit Drinking · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Tom Holland has opened up about his struggles with drinking,
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  Speaker 2: revealing on the Jay Shehtty podcast he's been sober for
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  Speaker 2: over a year now. He explains to Jay. He casually
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  Speaker 2: decided to abstain from drinking after imbibing more than usual
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  Speaker 2: over the holidays by jumping on board the dry January trend,
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  Speaker 2: But as the month got going, he quickly realized he
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  Speaker 2: was constantly thinking about having a drink and it scared him,
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  Speaker 2: so he extended it to two months. Whenever he went out,
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  Speaker 2: he felt pulled to drink, so he pushed the end
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  Speaker 2: date to his June birthday, but by the time he
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  Speaker 2: was celebrating it, he realized he didn't want to go back.
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  Speaker 2: Tom Holland says, I was the happiest I've ever been
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  Speaker 2: in my life. I could sleep better, things that would
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  Speaker 2: go wrong on set that would normally set me off,
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  Speaker 2: I could take and strive. I had such better mental clarity.
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  Speaker 2: I felt healthier, I felt fitter. I just sort of
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  Speaker 2: said to myself, like, why why am I under the
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  Speaker 2: spell of this drink? Why am I so obsessed by
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  Speaker 2: the idea of having this drink? Tom says his journey
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  Speaker 2: even inspired his mom to do the same, and she's
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  Speaker 2: feeling just as good as new thriller series The Crowded
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