VIDEO MESSAGE – STILL GRATEFUL –
Dec. 30, 2023 – “Hello there, Happy New Year to you all!” he says. “All of you revellers and drinkers all having fun. Wonderful!” … “Happy New Year, have a great time. If you get a hangover, remember me. “I don’t get them anymore because 48 years ago today, I stopped. I got help for it and my life changed.” He continues: “I don’t envy you having fun out there, but if you need help, there’s a time. Life is in session. Go for it.”
Hopkins, who can next be seen in the Second World War drama One Life, will celebrate his 86th birthday on New Year’s Eve.
He has a long-running tradition of sending out well wishes at New Year, and hopeful messages for those struggling with alcoholism.
