Hoffman Diary Reveals “Demons”

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s diaries illustrate how much the Oscar-winning actor struggled to overcome his drug addictions. Before he was found dead of a heroin overdose on Super Bowl Sunday, Hoffman wrote of struggling with “demons” and attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Some of the entries are from his time in rehab, but others detail exchanges with drug dealers. “It’s stream of consciousness and difficult to follow,” said one source. “In one line he refers to ‘Frank who always owes money’ and on the same page he writes about a 15-year-old girl from Texas.” Another said “It definitely contained some soul-searching. But there is also a fair amount of rambling that doesn’t make sense.”