TRACEY GOLD

Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

I remember that all of a sudden, the car felt like I couldn't control it. It was absolutely the most horrifying experience. We rolled over, off the freeway. I think there was something wrong with the car.

I just don't like to drive. I'm not a bad driver, I just don't like to drive.

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys.

I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.

I've been so in my moment about my life.

I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds.

I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

I'll always have a baby face.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me.

You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.

My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.

I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia.

Life comes full circle.

Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside.

I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.

I've got a pretty good appetite right now.

I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.