Patrick Swayze Details Personal Demons And Marriage Trouble In Time Of My Life

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Patrick is quoted in his memoir, “Time Of My Life”, “In my heart, I’m gone,’ Lisa confessed. But out of the blue I felt a surge of love for Lisa I hadn’t felt for years. We cried, our tears washing away the pain that had been keeping us so far apart. We started talking, really talking.” Realizing that their love for each other was still strong, they wrote “I will forget the past” 10 times on a piece of paper and buried it under an avocado tree.
Patrick and Lisa started having troubles after the “Ghost” star finished filming the movie “One Last Dance” in 2003. Patrick, who suffered from the disease of alcoholism, started drinking again after becoming depressed. In “Time Of My Life” the actor wrote, “I started drinking again to numb myself to the creeping feeling of despair. As I sank deeper into this hole and drank more and more, Lisa didn’t even recognize me. For years I had been dealing with my demons – feelings of inadequacy, fears I was never good enough. Seeing me depressed was scary for Lisa and my response frightened her.”
Lisa eventually moved out to an apartment in Los Angeles. The couple reconciled in 2004 while Patrick was making the film “King Solomon’s Mines”. The past still haunted them as the marriage was still “poisoned by mistrust and bitterness.” Patrick and Lisa finally sought the help of a psychic and realized how much they meant to each other after Patrick learned he had pancreatic cancer in January 2008. A source close to the couple said, “The cancer drove home how much they had to lose. That’s when Lisa finally forgave him for putting her through hell.”