Posted on 05/14/2021 6:39:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Rock legend Alice Cooper who has drawn inspiration from horror films and vaudeville to shock his millions of fans around the world, is really a devout Christian who reads the Bible and prays daily to stay sober.
Cooper, 73, revealed in an interview with Page Six that while some people who struggle with alcoholism stay sober with support from organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous, he beat his struggle with faith in God.
“I never went to AA,” he said. “Everyone said, ‘Oh you have such great willpower,’ I said, ‘No, God has great willpower. He took it from me.’ My dad was a pastor, my grandad was a pastor, Sheryl’s (his wife’s) dad was a pastor. I had such strong prayer for me. Even the doctor said, ‘This is an absolute miracle.’ I said, ‘Why?’ They said, ‘Well, you should be hiding bottles all over the house and you should be sneaking drugs.’ I said, ‘I have absolutely no desire for that at all.'”
The rock legend who is known for hits like “Poison” and “Billion Dollar Babies” said he developed a struggle with alcohol and was at his worst in 1983 — prompting his wife, Sheryl Goddard, to file for divorce that year. Although they would reconcile a year later, Cooper remembers vividly when he decided he needed to do something about his alcoholism even though he was functional.
“Internally my pancreas and liver were being destroyed,” he told Page Six. “I woke up one morning and I threw up blood and that’s how I kind of knew it was over. My wife grabbed my ear and said, ‘Hey, the party’s over.'”
When he went to the hospital for help and was eventually released Cooper emerged a changed man thanks to his deep spiritual resolve.
Cooper and his wife, who have been married since 1976, went on to raise their three children and remain committed to each other today.
“My grandparents were married 76 years, my parents were married over 50 years, my wife’s parents were married over 50 years,” he told the publication. “To me when you got married, that was it. I always tell people don’t marry the person you love, marry the person you’re in love with, that means you would never do anything to hurt that person. I still whisk her off to a cheap motel every once in a while.”
He further explained that while his preacher father who was a fan of rock 'n' roll always understood he was acting when he performed, it took a while for others to see it that way.
“My dad knew my sense of humor, my dad was very cool,” Cooper said. “He loved rock and roll. He said, ‘I love the music, I can’t abide the lifestyle.’ He said, ‘I know the character you’re playing. He’s comical. He’s a villain but at the same time, he’ll slip on a banana peel.’ It took a while for people to understand that I was playing a character named Alice Cooper, I wasn’t Alice Cooper, I was playing that character. It was like a dark vaudeville.”
The original shock rocker. He was a pioneer.
Good for Alice Cooper!
the guy was raised Mormon.
Wonder what kind of “Christian” he claims to be. Maybe if I read the thread ....
He didn’t eat it. It was basically an accident. He was a city kid. He thought the thing would fly away. Instead it landed in the audience and got torn apart. The extra funny part is the part of the audience it landed in was the wheelchair/ crippled section. The extra extra funny part is Zappa was managing the band at the time, he called Alice the next day and asked if he really tore up a chicken on stage, Alice said “no, I swear” Frank said “good, but never tell anybody the truth, this story is gold”.
He now ide tiniest as a born again christian who tries to lead other rockers to Christ.
Did he also tell us that he was a Republican voted for Donald Trump?
Really? What about Screaming Jay Hawkins? He would even jump out of a coffin on stage?
I’m so sorry.
Right now I have no humor to offer because my Dobe boy has to go the cardiologist Monday.
I’m so terrified I can barely function at all.
I am so sorry.
Hope it all turns out ok.
He probably does. To his friends and family.
We’re here for you.
We are here for you.
Thots and prayers for you and your Dobe!
Thank you.
I know you are and bless you for that.
I won’t survive this nightmare again.
I don’t want to.
:’(
It always looks like that when you are in the pit.
Looking back after you’ve escaped the pit? Not so much.
Your FRiends here are willing to help you climb out.
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