\u201cShowbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man,\u201d<\/a> Hill reflects on the hard times in his 30s, which began with a slow descent into excessive drinking influenced by his Hollywood lifestyle.<\/p>\n\u201cShow business or the music industry or comedy, whatever, it\u2019s like a lot of people do drink; it\u2019s part of the lifestyle,\u201d the \u201cSomebody Somewhere\u201d alum, 54, told Page Six in a recent exclusive interview. <\/p>\n
Murray Hill spoke to Page Six about his memoir. Page Six<\/p>\n
The cabaret performer, seen here in 2025, detailed his alcoholism and depression in the tome. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re out every night, you\u2019re in the clubs, you\u2019re at bars. In some ways, to me, alcohol is like a silent killer because it\u2019s progressive \u2026it\u2019s a progressive addiction, so it gets worse and worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill explained the liquid escalation was \u201cnot fun,\u201d explaining that \u201cit\u2019s not partying\u201d and \u201cit does all kinds of damage. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you get chemically addicted, it\u2019s very hard to get out of that. Like you have to get help,\u201d he reflected.<\/p>\n
Hill, photographed in 2025, ended up in a psych ward. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Hill is best known for his role in \u201cSomebody Somewhere.\u201d HBO<\/p>\n
But alcoholism came with its own worsening side effects as the normally upbeat cabaret performer became frighteningly depressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was at a very low point,\u201d he shared. \u201cI was in this deep depression, and all jammed up with, like, because alcoholism is progressive. When I got to the end of that, I had no pilot light. It was like barely on.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo there was no hope; I didn\u2019t have any personality left. It was very depressing. So, you know, I didn\u2019t want to go through that anymore. I didn\u2019t want to be like that because I felt like it wasn\u2019t me, and it freaked me out.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The show also starred Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller. HBO<\/p>\n
\u201cShowbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man\u201d is out now. Gallery Books<\/p>\n
Ultimately, in an attempt to climb out of that hole, Hill checked himself into a psych ward in 2014, which led to sobriety. <\/p>\n
\u201cI never want to go back. I have not touched a drink since then,\u201d the \u201cLife & Beth\u201d alum exclaimed. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd so maybe it was good in that way to go through that awful experience there because, you know, it\u2019s still in my head like I don\u2019t want to go back there. \u2018Why?\u2019 Cause it was so scary.\u201d<\/p>\n
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