Jeff
Conaway Drunk at Three
3/7/08
Troubled star Jeff Conaway owes his alcohol addiction to a boozy
childhood - he first got drunk when he was three.
The actor, who is currently battling drinking, cocaine and painkiller
issues, admits his family had a very liberal approach to alcohol.
He says, "My grandmother used to make beer in the bathtub and we'd
drink together; we'd sit there and suck on the hose and drink this deep
dark brown beer that she would make.
"The first time I got drunk, I was three; I drank a bottle of
sherry. I thought it tasted like ice-cream."
Conaway is hoping to kick his alcohol addiction with help from
celebrity psychologist Dr. Drew Pinsky and former Grease co-star John
Travolta, who recently introduced the troubled star to a Church of
Scientology addiction treatment program.
Conaway was among the stars who took part in Dr. Pinsky's reality TV
hit Celebrity Rehab, but he quit the televised treatment early. He now
hopes to return to the show for a planned second season.