Eric Clapton reveals damage to nervous system has left him
Jun 11, 2016 10:01:00 GMT 7
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Eric Clapton reveals damage to nervous system has left him struggling with guitar
The legendary rock guitarist, who has publicly fought addictions to cocaine, heroin, prescription drugs and alcohol, said that although he is grateful to be alive, he has been debilitated by his illness.
He said: ‘I’ve had quite a lot of pain over the last year. It started with lower back pain, and turned into what they call peripheral neuropathy - which is where you feel like you have electric shocks going down your leg. 'And I’ve had to figure out how to deal with some other things from getting old.’ Eric Clapton has revealed he is suffering incurable damage to his nervous system which has left him struggling to play his guitarMr Clapton, 71, said that it is now ‘hard work’ to play the guitar and he has had to ‘come to terms’ with the fact that his condition will not improve.‘Because I’m in recovery from alcoholism and addiction to substances, I consider it a great thing to be alive at all.
By rights I should have kicked the bucket a long time ago. 'For some reason I was plucked from the jaws of hell and given another chance,’ he said. He added: ‘I can still play.
I mean, it’s hard work sometimes, the physical side of it - just getting old, man, is hard.’The veteran rock guitarist first rose to fame in the 1960s with the bands John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith before launching a successful solo career in the 1970s.
While his career boomed in the Seventies, Mr Clapton’s personal life descended into addiction and a string of doomed affairs, including with model Pattie Boyd, who was married to The Beatles guitarist George Harrison.
He converted to Christianity but his heroin addiction became so severe that he was forced to temporarily give up performing, famously passing out while performing at a charity concert in Madison Square Garden in 1971. The legendary rock guitarist (pictured left in 1989 and right in 2015) , who has publicly fought addictions to cocaine, heroin, prescription drugs and alcohol, said that although he is grateful to be alive, he has been debilitated by his illnessSpeaking to Classic Rock magazine, he said: ‘I don’t know how I survived - the Seventies especially. 'There was one point there where they were flying me to hospital in St Paul [Minnesota] and I was dying, apparently - I had three ulcers and one of them was bleeding. 'I was drinking three bottles of brandy and taking handfuls of codeine, and I was close to checking out.
It’s amazing that I’m still here, really.’Mr Clapton married Miss Boyd in 1979, giving up heroin but beginning his battle with alcoholism. He married Melia McEnery in 2002, 31 years his junior, a former fashion sales executive.
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The legendary rock guitarist, who has publicly fought addictions to cocaine, heroin, prescription drugs and alcohol, said that although he is grateful to be alive, he has been debilitated by his illness.
He said: ‘I’ve had quite a lot of pain over the last year. It started with lower back pain, and turned into what they call peripheral neuropathy - which is where you feel like you have electric shocks going down your leg. 'And I’ve had to figure out how to deal with some other things from getting old.’ Eric Clapton has revealed he is suffering incurable damage to his nervous system which has left him struggling to play his guitarMr Clapton, 71, said that it is now ‘hard work’ to play the guitar and he has had to ‘come to terms’ with the fact that his condition will not improve.‘Because I’m in recovery from alcoholism and addiction to substances, I consider it a great thing to be alive at all.
By rights I should have kicked the bucket a long time ago. 'For some reason I was plucked from the jaws of hell and given another chance,’ he said. He added: ‘I can still play.
I mean, it’s hard work sometimes, the physical side of it - just getting old, man, is hard.’The veteran rock guitarist first rose to fame in the 1960s with the bands John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith before launching a successful solo career in the 1970s.
While his career boomed in the Seventies, Mr Clapton’s personal life descended into addiction and a string of doomed affairs, including with model Pattie Boyd, who was married to The Beatles guitarist George Harrison.
He converted to Christianity but his heroin addiction became so severe that he was forced to temporarily give up performing, famously passing out while performing at a charity concert in Madison Square Garden in 1971. The legendary rock guitarist (pictured left in 1989 and right in 2015) , who has publicly fought addictions to cocaine, heroin, prescription drugs and alcohol, said that although he is grateful to be alive, he has been debilitated by his illnessSpeaking to Classic Rock magazine, he said: ‘I don’t know how I survived - the Seventies especially. 'There was one point there where they were flying me to hospital in St Paul [Minnesota] and I was dying, apparently - I had three ulcers and one of them was bleeding. 'I was drinking three bottles of brandy and taking handfuls of codeine, and I was close to checking out.
It’s amazing that I’m still here, really.’Mr Clapton married Miss Boyd in 1979, giving up heroin but beginning his battle with alcoholism. He married Melia McEnery in 2002, 31 years his junior, a former fashion sales executive.
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