Billy Idol is looking back on his sobriety journey.
During an interview with People, Idol shared that, at 68, he’s now “California sober” and no longer considers himself to “be a drug addict anymore.” The musician told the outlet this decision came after he nearly lost a leg in motorcycle accident in 1990.
“I really started to think I should try and go forward and not be a drug addict anymore and stuff like that,” Idol said of the accident. “It took a long time, but gradually I did achieve some sort of discipline where I’m not really the same kind of guy I was in the ’80s. I’m not the same drug-addicted person.
“I mean, AA would say, ‘You’re always a drug addict.’ And that may be true, but I don’t do anything that much anymore. I got over it somehow. I was really lucky that I could get over it because a lot of people can’t.”