Keith Richards no longer gets upset when his bandmates stop drinking.
The Rolling Stones rocker - who is renowned for his wild partying - has finally begun to understand why the group's guitarist Ronnie Wood wants to live a more sober lifestyle.
Ronnie - who has been sober for six months after repeated spells in rehab for alcohol and drug addiction - said: "Back in the mad old days Keith would hit me in the face with a bottle when I got out of order.
"These days he's got off his 'rehab is for quitters' high horse. He gets it now. I keep saying 'quitting, that's what I'm trying to do!'
"He used to see it as a sign of weakness. Now he's 'I can dig it. You're not as nice a person when you're overindulging."
Ronnie also said Keith has slowed down himself, after becoming more aware of his mortality since he was hospitalized in 2006 after falling out of a palm tree.
He added to Q magazine: "In his own way he has addressed the fact that at his time of life and especially after falling out of that tree, he can't hit things the same way he used to otherwise he will die. He knows that. We all do. Addiction is like being beaten over the head with a hammer. It's nice when it stops."
Keith quit heroin and cocaine at the end of the 70s but still drinks alcohol.
source:exposay.com
