David Arquette To Oprah: I Had My First Beer At Four Years Old

David Arquette is now working for sobriety, but it's been a lifelong battle for the star. Honestly, just about his entire life.

The star taped an interview with Oprah Winfrey, set to air on Thursday, and spoke about his longtime struggle with substance abuse -- Arquette went through a wild few months of partying in the fall after his separation from wife Courtney Cox.

"I had my first drink of beer, I must have been four years old," Arquette remembered. "I was down in the basement with my dad, and beer was there, and I just grabbed it and drank it, and I remember that, it's one of my earliest memories."

It wasn't just a one-time mistake, either; though he waited a few years, Arquette was a regular drinker from a very early age.

"I seriously started drinking probably when I was about twelve. Kids are doing a lot of stuff very early. I stole pot from my dad when I was eight years old."

In December, Arquette spoke with George Lopez about his long history of partying, saying "I've always been wild."

He goes on to talk about the intervention that Cox and his sister, Patricia Arquette, held for him after a trip to Miami. Arquette left rehab at the end of January after nearly a month of treatment.

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Comments

[nycagnes]

11:28 PM on 02/24/2011

Please please pay attention to me. His fifteen minutes of fame is over, so he wants another fifteen minutes.

[courageunderfire]

07:00 PM on 02/24/2011

I am stunned at all the hate filled comments from various posters about David Arquette.
I just watched the entire interview with Oprah.
I wonder if the all the hate filled posters realize that David as well as his sisters suffered from an abusive mother and an addict father? The abuse they endured sounded horrific.
I don't believe anyone has the right to be as judgmental (as the people here have been) without knowing or walking in that person's shoes.

No wonder America is failing... with support like this, who needs enemies.
I am so ashamed by some of the comments here, absolutely appalling. .

[Tina McPhee]

05:24 PM on 02/24/2011

Drop dead David.

[Pat Padrnos]

05:03 PM on 02/24/2011

Oh, Jeez!! A few blessed weeks without him - too much to hope for.

[valeskas]

03:47 PM on 02/24/2011

Blame it on the parents, the wife, whomever David, you old enough to know better and I hope Courtney is smart enough to get away from his immature behind.

[TaylerWoods]

02:50 PM on 02/24/2011

Sorry, David. Charlie's still got you beat. Next!

[LeeLoPink]

02:16 PM on 02/24/2011

two words: Schlitz beer

[chaszer]

02:00 PM on 02/24/2011

I think Arquette may be old enough to be in the generation where this was not unusual. It was fairly common when I was growing up to let kids find out what the adults were drinking when they were young so we'd realize juice and milk tasted better than what our parents were drinking.

[TaylerWoods]

02:53 PM on 02/24/2011

Yeah, in Britain they were called "baby cham". I am aging myself. :/

[Bogey907]

01:21 PM on 02/24/2011

I asked my dad for a beer when I was a kid. So he gave me a warm one, and it was a loooong time before I wanted another one.

[badwalrus]

01:16 PM on 02/24/2011

It says a lot about Courtney that she's married to this tool. I am so sick of these shameless d-listers trying to leverage their long expired 15 minutes for more exposure. What they are doing is the moral equvalent of panhandling (via digital media) even though they are rich. Go away!

[FlaviaDeLuce]

01:18 PM on 02/24/2011

well said

[FlaviaDeLuce]

01:10 PM on 02/24/2011

Everything this guy says sounds ridiculous

[Gunfighter]

12:57 PM on 02/24/2011

First beer at age four? That might explain a few things about that clown.

[Grandma Koolfinger]

12:53 PM on 02/24/2011

When I was a little kid I if I could walk from my mom to my dad, he would give me a sip of beer. That's a true story. What a good plan, teach your kid to walk and use a sippy cup at the same time! I haven't had any problems with it. Hang on a second, I gotta crack one open. Ahhh, man, that's good. Nothing like a brewski on a hot summer day, or for that matter, a cold winter one. Now, where was I? Oh yeah. I get worn out with all these poor Hollywood folks all boo hooing about their problems, and to hearing about Oprah listening to them. Yeah, yeah, so why am I reading the story? I have tears running down my face. Oh, no, that's beer. A sleeve makes a great napkin, too. Well, time for another nip, gotta go.

[FlaviaDeLuce]

01:09 PM on 02/24/2011

that was cute

[ecotopian]

01:50 PM on 02/24/2011

Thanks for the laugh!

[Abesheet]

12:52 PM on 02/24/2011

I Had My First Beer At Four Years Old
I Still Behave The Way I Did Back Then.