Dennis Quaid Says He Spent Many Nights “Screaming at God” as He Battled Severe Addiction

“My greatest mistake was being addicted to cocaine,” actor Dennis Quaid admitted in a Newsweek article. “I started after I left college and came to Los Angeles in 1974.”

He says that while it was initially very casual, the addiction was eventually something that took over his life.

The star of the Christian blockbuster “I Can Only Imagine” that hit theatres this year says he got to a point where his cocaine use was so prevalent that he slept only one hour a night

“I was basically doing cocaine pretty much on a daily basis during the 80s,” he expounded in a recent interview shared by the Daily Mail. “I spent many, many a night screaming at God to please take this away from me, I’ll never do it again because I’ve only got an hour before I have to be at work.”

But then 4 p.m. would roll around, and he would think to himself, ‘oh that’s not so bad.’

It took a couple of “white light” experiences to give Quaid the reality check he truly needed.

“I had a white light experience where I saw myself either dead or losing everything that meant anything to me,” said Quaid.

He had a similar experience while jamming with his band in L.A.