Whoopi Goldberg Says She Was Hooked on Cocaine Early in Her Profession

Whoopi Goldberg says she was addicted to cocaine early on in her career — and it got so bad, apparently, that she started to hallucinate … eventually forcing an a-ha moment.

The actress/TV host gets very candid in her new memoir, ‘Bits and Pieces,’ about how she was doing drugs from an early age — only to get clean in the ’70s … and then dive back into it again in the ’80s as she was starting to hit the Hollywood scene.

Whoopi says coke was her biggest vice … as she explains it was quite literally everywhere, and being dispersed with such ease at parties and get-togethers between NY and L.A.

She writes, “I was invited to parties where I was greeted at the door with a bowl of Quaaludes from which I could pick what I wanted. Lines of cocaine were laid across tables and bathroom counters for the taking.”