Tom Holland Says 'I Would Just Go Too Far' When He Was Drinking: 'Ruin My Next Day'

Tom Holland has reached a milestone three years of being sober — and shared what led him to kick alcohol for good.

“My problem was that I would have one drink and be fine, and then I would just go too far,” Holland, 29, told Men's Health for their January/February issue.

He further noted that when he was struggling with wanting alcohol, his lawyer gave him “a really poignant piece of advice that helped me get through everything, which was: You’ll never wake up the morning after a night out and wish you had a drink. That piece of advice really rang true to me.”

The actor started participating in Dry January in 2022, originally planning to abstain just for the month. However, his sobriety extended when he realized alcohol had become an essential part of his life.

“Every Friday after work was a write-off: Let’s get drunk and have a good time. I didn’t have bad experiences, but I would drink enough so that I would ruin my next day,” The Spider-Man star said, adding that an “eye-opening moment” was when he asked his younger brother to drive home from a party because Holland needed to drink to enjoy himself. “It’s really helpful when the people closest to you start going, ‘Are you sure?’ ”

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However, he shared early struggles with his sobriety, particularly from the on-set challenges while filming the Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room in May 2022.

“There was quite a lot of animosity on that set. It was not a very harmonious place, and there was a lot of arguing and butting heads,” he said. “I thought, ‘If I start drinking again now, with all this going on, it’s gonna get worse, right?’ ”

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Although he never sought rehab, Holland noted he “leaned on close ones a lot: family, friends, old colleagues, new colleagues, people that reached out that I didn’t know who also were sober.”

“I’m quite strong-willed,” shared Holland, who has since launched a line of non-alcoholic beers, Bero. “When I decide to do something, I’m really gonna do it.”

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