Winfrey beforehand revealed how she was in a position to drink large portions of booze with out changing into an alcoholic. She in contrast the illness to that of weight problems, the place one can have a genetic propensity to consuming an excessive amount of or overeating.
“Within the late ’80s, early ’90s, we have been doing lots of reveals about alcoholism, and folks have been saying then the identical factor they’re saying now, ‘simply put the meals down,'” The Colour Purple star defined throughout a March 2024 look on CNN’s King Charles, that includes former NBA star Charles Barkley and Winfrey’s longtime finest buddy, Gayle King.
“They have been saying ‘simply put the bottle down’ as a result of no person understood that for some folks, not all people who drinks, overdrinks turns into an alcoholic, however in the event you carry the marker or the gene that enables alcoholism to flourish with you, you then develop alcoholism,” Winfrey defined.
She then turned to King, telling her, “I can drink you below the desk,” and the CBS Mornings host revealed about her closest pal, “She’s not mendacity.”