703- Recovery with Actress DeDee Pfeiffer
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Dedee Pfeiffer (Big Sky, Falling Down) found herself on a path to recovery after years of alcohol abuse. Amid some turbulent years, she received her Masters from UCLA. Dedee also remembers and weighs in on the time she was working as a waitress in a mud wrestling club and when her big sister, Michelle was starring in Scarface.
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| 0:34.3 | Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. |
| 0:37.0 | Today on the show, actress Dedy Pfeiffer talks about recovery. |
| 0:41.6 | Just because I'm a Pfeiffer doesn't mean I don't have addiction issues or trauma issues. I got them both. |
| 0:46.7 | Long story short, I was very much a high-functioning alcoholic. Never went to work drinking or to school or, you know, I can maybe go out with you and have one or two glasses and make it look normal. |
| 0:57.8 | Not that me, I didn't go home and the boys were sleeping and keep drinking, right? |
| 1:01.0 | Especially if it's up late studying. |
| 1:03.7 | It was like my best friend, that and a cigarette. |
| 1:06.8 | Did not mean I wasn't slowly dying. |
| 1:09.0 | And after my first year of college at UCLA, going to get my master's degree, it finally all just came to an end. |
| 1:18.3 | You know what I mean? |
| 1:19.2 | It's called the bottom. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:21.5 | Today on the show, actress D.D. Pfeiffer talks about her life and recovery. |
| 1:27.0 | Stay close. |
| 1:31.0 | Hi, my name is D.D. Fifer and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 1:52.5 | Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. |
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