His Addiction
“The thing about that type of addiction that’s fairly interesting, on reflection, is that I always believed, ‘I’m handling this,'” Clapton told NPR in 2007. I’ll be OK. I have the option to stop at any moment. I simply don’t want to quit right now.'” Fortunately for him, by 1974, Boyd had finally chosen to divorce Harrison, and she and Clapton, now drug-free, began living together.
Her Second Wedding
Clapton and Boyd married in 1979, although she didn’t have much luck with their second marriage. Clapton was also an alcoholic throughout the bulk of their marriage, which drove her to start drinking heavily as well. Clapton, unfortunately, was also disloyal to her. By 1989, the couple had divorced.