His addictions to drugs, his various and varied escapades with the police… none of this has ever been a big secret, since Frédéric Beigbeder describes them himself, in his own writings. But the fact of publicizing his ailments is not necessarily a cure in itself, and the author had to come up against another difficulty: the boredom and the trivialization of his gestures, which made him want to stop. cocaine in the mid-2010s.
If I solemnly bid farewell to coke, it’s out of elitism
“It seemed to me that we practiced this toilet ritual out of habit rather than enthusiasm.he explains in the columns of The Obs. We went down for no reason to bend over the rails, to hurt each other without feeling any good. The only thing we were still excited about was defying the ban. The trivialization of this narcotic makes it possible to detoxify snobs like me. If I solemnly say goodbye to coke today, it is therefore out of elitism, but also so that my children know what a waste of time and money this habit represents. There are better ways to fight boredom: Meursault wine, novels, gardening… The three healthiest occupations are: sex, sex, sex.“
The white powder has however made the good times of Octave Parango, the hero of Frédéric Beigbeder, who lives the craziest adventures in the book – and the film – 99 francs and in its aftermath, help sorry and The man who cries with laughter. But in the face of the very real addictions of the writer, many relatives have suffered from chickweed. “Many people have already tried to save mehe recalls. My children, my wife and her infinite patience, but also our move to the Atlantic coast, and an intelligent policeman in 2008, harsh judges, addictologist doctors…“As a reminder, Frédéric Beigbeder has been married three times, to Diane de Mac Mahon, Amélie Labrande and Lara Micheli, his current companion. He is the father of two girls and a boy, Chloé, born in 1999, Oona, born in 2015 and Léonard, his youngest born in 2017. You have to believe that these three ended up weighing in the balance…
Find the full interview with Frédéric Beigbeder on the L’Obs website.