In his upcoming memoir, America On Purpose, The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson divulges that he almost took his own life.
One Christmas morning during his pre-rehab days, Ferguson woke up in a tavern storage room covered in his own vomit and urine…or what he hoped was his!!
├óΓé¼┼ôI felt worse than I ever had. … I was a drunk, a loser and a disaster as a human being. … The shame was immense. It pushed down on me like a terrible weight,├óΓé¼┬¥ said the comedian, reflecting on the lowest time in his life.
The tavern was near the Tower Bridge and Ferguson made a plan to jump down below into the Thames river. While on the way to do the deed, he ran into a friend who cheered him up and inadvertently saved his life.
The Scottish comic credits America as “the land of the second, third and 106th chance.”
He continued, “failure is not a disgrace. It’s just a pitch that you missed, and you’d better get ready for the next one” because the next pitch could bring a homer.
It’s amazing how far he’s come!
Inspirational!!!!!