Clooney’s aunt helped him keep away from drugs

Washington, Oct 18: Hollywood actor George Clooney has credited his aunt for keeping him away from drugs.

The ‘Ocean`s Eleven’ star was offered painkiller Vicodin by doctors after hurting his back filming the 2005 oil industry drama Syriana. However, he declined to the offer because he had seen Rosemary`s career plummet after she became hooked on prescription drugs. "My father had a difficult time for years when she was addicted to Percodan. My aunt`s addiction haunted me when I injured my back,” a news website quoted Clooney, as saying. "The doctors gave me a tub of Vicodin, but I didn`t take any. I thought, ``This is a bad time to decide to be a drug addict``. It`s all timing - when I`m 80, I’m all for being a drug addict, but not now,” he added. ANI