Alcoholism is a cunning, baffling, powerful disease. It's a disease that convinces the individual they aren't suffering from a disease. It destroys one physically, emotionally and spiritually. Phil Collins always told himself that he'd never succumb to the disease that ruined so many other rockers careers. "“People who know me know that I never went down that road; I was always too sensible,” Collins added. “Nevertheless, I got sick.” Now Collins has brought out into the open his battle with alcohol. Phil Collins‘ unhappy retirement from music found him spiraling helplessly into alcohol abuse. Without his band, as well as his youngest children — who now live in the U.S. — the former Genesis star turned to the bottle. He reveals that things got so bad, “I nearly died.” Without his band, and his children moving away he found himself drinking. He began to suffer from pancreatitis, brought on by alcohol consumption. Collins tried rehab, but left after just one week, he said. He then found a stateside specialist, and finally kicked the habit. He says he hasn’t had a drink for nearly two years. As well as a new life. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/phil-collins-alcoholism/

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