Denzel Washington gets candid about past drug and alcohol use: ‘I’ve done a lot of damage’

Denzel Washington is opening up about his past drug and alcohol use, admitting he’s “done a lot of damage” to his body.

The Oscar winner, 69, has been sober for almost 10 years but got candid about his former vices in the Winter issue of Esquire.

Washington said his unhealthy habits started with wine.

“Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden,” he shared in the interview.

The “Gladiator II” actor explained, “I never got strung out on heroin. Never got strung out on coke. Never got strung out on hard drugs. I shot dope just like they shot dope, but I never got strung out.

“And I never got strung out on liquor. I had this ideal idea of wine tastings and all that — which is what it was at first. And that’s a very sub­tle thing. I mean, I drank the best.”