You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.
— Tracey Gold
You can never prepare yourself enough to see your mug shot and DUI.
Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside.
I've got a pretty good appetite right now.
I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.
I'll always have a baby face.
I remember that all of a sudden, the car felt like I couldn't control it. It was absolutely the most horrifying experience. We rolled over, off the freeway. I think there was something wrong with the car.
I just don't like to drive. I'm not a bad driver, I just don't like to drive.
I had a very public battle with anorexia.
I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.
All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys.
You can't enjoy life if you're not nourishing your body.
When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.
My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.
I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia.
I'm not acting, but I am acting.
I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.
I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds.
I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.
I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.
Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.
After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me.
You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.
Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself.
Life comes full circle.
I've been so in my moment about my life.
I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.
I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.
I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.
I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.
I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.
Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.
