Dimitris Skarmotsos: I hit the bottom a lot earlier than I thought I hit the bottom

Jeni Theona was interviewed by Dimitris Skarmoutsos, on Holy Saturday afternoon, on ERT2’s Mama-des show. Among other things, the famous chef and partner of Fais Scordas in this year’s TV season mentioned the battle he had with alcoholism and drug addiction.

More specifically, Dimitris Skarmoutsos characteristically noted that “at that time this was part of the culture. We carried it in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and it was part of the culture, so it was part of it. Another part is that from a young age I loved trying new things and I was Always an extreme character. Part three was L.A. itself where everything was free and available at any time of the day. Part four was kitchens. Kitchens, especially back then, were a very difficult place to work long hours in. But it was a mix.”

“I’m sorry about the ending, because I didn’t finish it sooner. That means I hit rock bottom a lot earlier than I thought I hit rock bottom. And know you don’t clean if you don’t catch bottom. I detoxed from 28 to 30 and cleaned when I was 30. In other words, I know I had a great time from my 20s to my 30s, I don’t remember all of it, but I regret not really living that decade.”

“I was fortunate to have people around me who saved me. In my case it was a matter of luck because I could have been on my own and not saved. In these cases family is…a black cloth! My family was far away and we weren’t close anyway.” Dimitris added Scarmotsos to Guinness Thuna Entertainment on Public TV Anyway, I cut it since I was little and I didn’t want them to grieve over me and he couldn’t do anything for me.