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Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd Reveals Years-Long Addiction to Cocaine: ‘It Had a Hold on Me’

The actor says his cocaine, alcohol and marijuana use began in the 1970s and led to rehab in 1993, though he says he never performed impaired.

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Back to the Future‘s Christopher Lloyd is looking back on the years he spent addicted to cocaine and alcohol. Lloyd, 88, reflected on his past substance abuse issues in his memoir, In My Own Time, which was published on Tuesday, October 27. According to Page Six, Lloyd wrote that he did his first “snort” of cocaine in the ’70s. After meeting a woman earlier that night in a comedy club in Los Angeles, Lloyd followed her to her car and they…

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In his memoirs "In My Own Time: A Memoir", Lloyd looks back on his life that was marked by alcohol and drug problems.

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Once he had to be treated by paramedics because he had lost a lot of blood.

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Page Six broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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