Gascoigne shocks: ‘I was a happy alcoholic, now I’m an unhappy alcoholic’

It shocks once again Paul Gascoignewho made another shocking confession about how alcohol ruined his life and career.

“I was once a happy alcoholic. Now, no, I’m an unhappy alcoholic. I don’t go out drinking, I drink at home. People know Gascoigne, but not Gaza. Even I often don’t recognize myself.

If I want to ruin my day, I just go to the pub. If I want a good day, I go fishing. The problem is not the drinking, but the after. When I see the cell with 30 missed calls, I know I have a problemsaid the 56-year-old Englishman speaking on a podcast.

He also referred to an incident that “marked” him in his childhood, with tragic death of a friend of his.

“When I was 12 years old we went to a store and there was an ice cream truck outside and I yelled, “Run fast, we’re going to be late.” Stephen ran in front of us, he was a meter away and when he passed in front of the van it hit him. He threw him too far. I ran over to him, I was talking to him, he had his head on my thigh and his lips were moving.

I thought it would be fine, but no. These were his last movements. I remember being 12 years old and lifting a corpse out of a coffin. I was kissing his body, hugging it and apologizing to him. I could not sleep. It was tragic».