India, Nov. 3 -- Anthony Hopkins opened up about battling alcoholism in his early career days. The actor sat down for a conversation with the Late Show host Stephen Colbert, who congratulated the former on his 50 years of sobriety, as he recalled episodes of when he let alcohol control him. The Hannibal star went on to reveal that he was addicted to the point that it could have taken his life.

Hopkins also reflected on getting help from AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and claimed that it changed his life drastically.

While in an interview with Colbert, Hopkins shared an incident from 1975 that helped him quit drinking. The Father actor said, "I would drink anything I couldn't chew, and I couldn't stop. One day I was here in Beverly Hills, dri...