In his biography, Max Mutzke speaks openly about his alcoholic mother. The singer accompanied her until her death.
In his autobiography “So Much More,” singer Max Mutzke (43) gives insights into his childhood and youth. In the book, which was published on October 9th, the former ESC participant speaks more openly than ever about his late mother Inge’s alcoholism. “My mother was seriously ill. She became addicted to alcohol and was never able to free herself from it,” quoted from the book.
There were good moments too
According to “Bild,” Mutzke said it was “bad to have to watch your own mother spend many years in a hopeless and unfair battle with alcoholism.” The singer goes on to describe in the book that it feels “as if you had to witness how your favorite boxer in a weight class that was far too high was exposed to a violent and long fight in which he fell to the ground again and again, every time He sets himself up again, only to receive another brutal blow that sends him to the boards again.
But Mutzke also remembers good moments. When his mother was still healthy, he “experienced her as a fantastic mother,” says the singer. “But even later, when the illness already had her in a headlock, there were many great moments with her in addition to the hopeless ones.”
Max Mutzke accompanied his mother until her death
According to the report, Max Mutzke also describes his mother’s last moments particularly dramatically. In November 2013, his father called the singer and asked him to check on his mother. “Four minutes later I entered the house and found my mother on the sofa,” describes the 43-year-old. “She was lying on her back and appeared apathetic. She had her eyes closed and was moaning weakly.” She barely moved, but seemed to be “exposed to enormous unrest deep within her.”
When he spoke to her, she didn’t react. The ambulance then took both of them to hospital, where his mother died a few days later at the age of 61. “We siblings and my father were standing around her bed when she stopped breathing,” Mutzke remembers.
Max Mutzke has spoken about his mother’s illness several times in the past. For some time now he has been a patron of NACOA Germany (National Association for Children of Addicts), an organization that supports children of addicts.
Source: Stern
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