Kevin Kennedy will mark 25 years without alcohol this year after admitting that at one time he was drinking a bottle of vodka every day on his way to the Coronation Street set. Kennedy played Norman 'Curly' Watts on Coronation Street from 1983 to 2003, but while he became a fans’ favourite on screen he was secretly battling a self-destructive addiction to alcohol.
The Mirror reports that Kennedy turned his life around after collapsing and being rushed to hospital in May 1998. Yet while Kennedy, now 61, acknowledges this year is an important one on his recovery journey, he says he won’t be making a big thing of it.
The star told the Mirror: “The last time I had a drink will be 25 years ago in October. I haven’t thought much about it as it’s never the last drink I worry about, it’s the next one. That’s what I’m always concentrating on. But I’ll probably raise a cup of tea in salute, because tea is the answer to everything.”
