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‘Back to the Future’ star Christopher Lloyd reveals decades-long struggle with addiction
Page Six ^ | October 27, 2026 | Nicki Gostin

Posted on 10/27/2026 6:22:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

“Back to the Future” star Christopher Lloyd was addicted to cocaine and alcohol for many years, he divulges in his new memoir.

The 88-year-old actor recalls in “In My Own Time: A Memoir,” published Tuesday, that he did his first “snort” of cocaine outside a comedy club in Los Angeles during the ’70s.

At the time, Lloyd went out to the car of a woman he had just met and “did a couple of lines.”

He writes, “That was all it took. I was hooked almost immediately. I loved it, and that was where my cocaine abuse began.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: backtothefuture; christopherlloyd; cracktothefuture; taxi

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Not surprising since playing Reverend Jim so well does take background character experience.
1 posted on 10/27/2026 6:22:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Well, we remember the episode of Taxi with the marijuana laced brownies, lol.


2 posted on 10/27/2026 6:25:08 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: PJ-Comix

Christopher Lloyd was addicted to booze and coke back in the 70s and early 80s? What a shock.

3 posted on 10/27/2026 6:27:38 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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“Lloyd went out to the car of a woman he had just met and “did a couple of lines.”

“He writes, “That was all it took. I was hooked almost immediately. I loved it, and that was where my cocaine abuse began.”

That’s all it takes. Coke is very addictive. Had the almost same experience myself back in the 80s.....couple lines and off you go.


4 posted on 10/27/2026 6:28:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

IKR?

About as shocking as Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory coming out of the closet as gay.

Some things are just obvious as hell.


5 posted on 10/27/2026 6:30:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

“.couple lines and off you go.”

Like Len Bias.........................


6 posted on 10/27/2026 6:30:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: V_TWIN

What is so incredible from it that you need more? Energetic? Extreme happiness? Thinking clarity?


7 posted on 10/27/2026 6:32:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: V_TWIN

The very fact that that’s all it takes it the only thing that kept me away from it. I had plenty of opportunities in that time period and watched several friends go down hard after making the wrong choice. The 70s were rough. The 80s were rougher.


8 posted on 10/27/2026 6:33:15 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man.)
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To: V_TWIN

“About as shocking as Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory coming out of the closet as gay.”

Like Barry Manilow and David Copperfield...............


9 posted on 10/27/2026 6:33:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
How it started...


10 posted on 10/27/2026 6:35:28 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: OttawaFreeper

Well, we remember the episode of Taxi with the marijuana laced brownies, lol.


One of Tom Hanks first roles was in that episode.


11 posted on 10/27/2026 6:36:38 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Like Barry Manilow and David Copperfield............

They were gay? What about Liberace?

12 posted on 10/27/2026 6:38:09 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: V_TWIN

About as shocking as Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory coming out of the closet as gay.

You know, for the longest time before he came out, I thought that Parsons just never found that special girl.

13 posted on 10/27/2026 6:38:24 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ConservativeMind

It gives a sense of euphoria and energy.

And believe it or not, the stuffs a chick magnet.


14 posted on 10/27/2026 6:39:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Red Badger

And Darryl Strawberry


15 posted on 10/27/2026 6:40:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Or Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, Rip Taylor, Jim J. Bullock, or the boy on “Who’s The Boss”.


16 posted on 10/27/2026 6:40:24 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Red Badger

And Freddy Mercury.....the lead singer of a band named Queen was gay?

Who knew?!


17 posted on 10/27/2026 6:42:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Rob Halford?


18 posted on 10/27/2026 6:44:26 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: V_TWIN

I remember how shocked I was to learn the Elton John was gay!.............................NOT!


19 posted on 10/27/2026 6:44:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Merrick
“I like liquor — its taste and its effects — and that is just the reason why I never drink it.” - Stonewall Jackson

“I am more afraid of King Alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.” - Stonewall Jackson

20 posted on 10/27/2026 6:46:56 AM PDT by Theophilus (Pass SAVE Act)
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