Elton John: 'I could have ended up like Whitney, it's a miracle I didn't'

From the Huffington Post-- In an interview with "E! News," the 65-year-old told David Burtka that his proudest accomplishment in life was not his six Grammy Awards, but getting sober in 1990...

TheGrio Staff

Mar 30, 2012

Elton John recently told E! News that his greatest accomplishment in life was getting sober in 1990. He says that had he not done so he would not have his son or husband. John says that he was heading down the same path of destruction as Whitney Houston. He claims said that is it a miracle that he is a alive because he was consuming just as much cocaine as the later R&B icon. The Huffington Post reports:

It has come to this: Music legend Elton John is using music legend Whitney Houston as a cautionary tale for addiction. In an interview with “E! News,” the 65-year-old told David Burtka that his proudest accomplishment in life was not his six Grammy Awards, but getting sober in 1990.

“I would not be the person I am today [if I hadn’t]. I wouldn’t have [son] Zachary, I wouldn’t have [husband] David [Furnish]. I wouldn’t have anything. I’d probably be dead,” he says in the on-camera interview.

Elton continues: “I didn’t want to end up like Whitney Houston, and I could have so easily ended up like Whitney Houston. It’s a miracle I didn’t. Because I’m sure I did as much cocaine as she ever did.”

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