Michael J Fox: Star admits Parkinson's is 'nothing compared' to other health struggle

progressive disease, Fox turned to alcohol, a part of his life that the star recently opened up about in an interview with comedian Mike Birbiglia.

Remarkably, even when dealing with a tremor, which leaves him unable to sit still, Fox stated that the "body impulses" he feels as a Parkinson's patient are "nothing" compared to what he felt as an alcohol addict.

Feeling erratic and out of control when he was heavily drinking, Fox shared: "I couldn't be still. . . I couldn't gauge what that centre of my equilibrium was. "Now sober, he says his life has a greater sense of calm, despite the difficulty of a progressively worsening disease. "The peripatetic wanderings, and weird flailings and body impulses that I feel as a Parkinson's patient - a sober Parkinson's patient - are nothing compared to what I felt as a drunk," he continued. READ MORE: Neil Fox health: DJ found a way to better manage his chronic condition over lockdown"I mean, that was a completely different thing that I couldn't be still. "Initially turning to alcohol to "numb the pain" of his diagnosis, Fox soon realised that he needed to get sober after his wife, and fellow actor, Tracy Pollan, found him passed out in their living room sofa with a spilled can of beer laying on the floor. "Is this what you want?" Pollan is reported to have said to him. "This is what you want to be?"Two years after his diagnosis Fox quit drinking altogether, admitting that after he gave up alcohol he was able to "see things more clearly," including his Parkinson's.