Ewan Mcgregor misses alcohol in unhappy times

London: Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has a deep desire of drinking alcohol, only when there is something wrong going on his life.

The `Trainspotting` star, who gave up drinking a decade ago and embarked on a healthy lifestyle has been teetotal for years, and admits he only ever feels the need for alcohol when he is upset or confused about something in his life, a news website reported. "This November it`ll be 10 years since I gave up, and I don`t really miss it. Actually, occasionally I do. There are times when I think about it, but I always know that when I`m thinking about it there`s something wrong. The problem isn`t that I want a drink, it`s that for me - as it is for a lot of other people -drink was a way to dull the pain of something else," he said. "For people who drink a lot it`s a way of not dealing with emotions and feelings. I was just always somebody who liked to drink a lot. So now when I think about drinking I ask myself, `OK, what is it?` It`s not really that you`re thirsty for a beer, because you haven`t had a beer for years. It`s often something else that`s bothering me," Mcgregor added. PTI