Alcohol nearly killed me: American Pie star - Celebrities Today!

Alcohol nearly killed me: American Pie star - Celebrities Today!: Photo: Mario Anzuoni The 'American Reunion' ac...

REUTERS Chris Kleinarrives at the premiere of “American Reunion” at the Grauman’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California March 19, 2012. The movie opens in the U.S. on April 6. Photo: Mario Anzuoni Chris Klein almost died from alcoholism. The ‘American Reunion’ actor – who checked himself into the Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Utah for a 30-day addiction programme after his second drink-driving arrest in 2010 – says his booze problem was so bad that he feared for his life. He told People magazine: “I would have died, and I think about that every single day. “Today, I’m the luckiest guy alive.” Chris admits it was his meteoric rise to fame after the hugely succcessful ‘American Pie’ thatset him on the downward spiral and although he embraced his fame at first, calling it “magic”, it didn’t take long for his addictions to take over. He explained: “[At first] It was nothin...

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