Alec Baldwin Compares Cocaine to Coffee as He Admits to Snorting the Drug 'All Day Long' for 2 Years in the '80s

Alec Baldwin succumbed to the glitz and glam of Hollywood after moving to Los Angeles from New York City in 1983.

During a recent appearance on the "Our Way With Paul Anka and Skip Bronson" podcast, the 66-year-old candidly opened up about his experiences with cocaine and alcohol as a rising actor in the movie industry after celebrating 39 years sober back in February.

"I don't discuss this a lot. I discuss it every now and then when it makes sense," he explained, noting: "I'm 39 years sober. I got sober February 23, 1985."

"I had a white-hot problem every day for two years. I think I snorted a line of cocaine from here to Saturn ... Did one on the rings of Saturn, then we came home — we took it back home," the Beetlejuice star confessed regarding his overuse of the powdered substance .

"I mean, cocaine was like coffee back then. Everybody was doing it all day long," Baldwin pointed out.

Eventually, the It's Complicated actor stopped using drugs , however, it only made him more dependent on alcohol.

"Because I stopped doing drugs, my drinking increased, which they tell you is going to happen. And that did happen. I just started drinking ," he admitted.

His heightened use of alcohol became a problem, causing Baldwin to have to give up both drugs and drinking in one fell swoop.

"I don't miss drugs at all, but I do miss drinking. I like to drink," he honestly shared.

After being sober for nearly four decades, Baldwin has found peace in other activities like meditating — though he sometimes finds it hard to do so in his and wife Hilaria 's chaotic household.

"I do try to meditate. [But] meditating with seven children is like trying to play ping pong on the deck of an aircraft carrier. It's a real pain in the a--, man," the My Sister's Keeper actor joked of his kids: Carmen , 10, Rafael , 8, Leonardo , 7, Romeo , 5, twins Eduardo and María , 3, and Ilaria , 1.

Feeling relaxed has also been a bit difficult for Alec to achieve ever since he found himself in legal trouble following the infamous shooting on the set of his film Rust.

The award-winning actor is set to face trial for involuntary manslaughter in July after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by a bullet released from the gun Alec was holding while filming a scene for the Western production.

The 30 Rock star claimed he never pulled the trigger and insisted he was unaware the gun was loaded.