Nicolas
Cage: "Drugs Made My Life a Nightmare"
1/22/08
Hollywood star Nicolas Cage's life became a waking nightmare in his
twenties - after he became addicted to experimenting with hard drugs.
The 44-year-old was thrown into a downward spiral of depression after
he began taking illegal substances - but his desire for new experiences
drove him to continue his drug use.
He says, "Drugs make every single nightmare you ever had come
true. In my twenties I went through a period of drinking and drug-taking.
It didn't make me happy but I wanted to experience them to know how they
would make me feel.
"I never went to rehab, I never went through any form of AA
(Alcoholics Anonymous). I went through years of experimenting and then hit
the realization that it just didn't work for me."