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"Not everything in Darrell Hammond&amp;apos;s life is a laughing matter.\r\nThe 56-year-old comic, who appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2009, opens up about his decades-long struggle with drug and alcohol abuse in his new memoir, God, If You&amp;apos;re Not Up There, I&amp;apos;m F-cked (out November 8).\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I kept a pint of Remy in my desk at work,&amp;quot; he writes of his days on SNL, as excerpted by The New York Post&amp;apos;s Page Six. &amp;quot;The drinking calmed my nerves and quieted the disturbing images that sprang into my head...when drinking didn&amp;apos;t work, I cut myself.&amp;quot;\r\nDuring one 1998 bender, Hammond was taken from the NBC infirmary to New York Hospital in a straitjacket. &amp;quot;My wife came but I didn&amp;apos;t recognize her,&amp;quot; he writes of his drug-riddled past.\r\n\r\nFour years later, Hammond &amp;quot;started adding an obscene amount of cocaine to my binges. I had to be creative about how I did it without other people catching on or letting it interfere with the work. At least too much.&amp;quot;\r\nDespite a stint in rehab, Hammond&amp;apos;s life continued to spiral out of control. In 2009, during his 14th season on SNL, the funnyman &amp;quot;had the brilliant idea I should try crack.&amp;quot; Following his relapse, Hammond spent time in a Harlem crack house.\r\n\r\nHammond eventually got sober through months of treatment, and he&amp;apos;s eager to see what his former castmates think of the tome. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t have anything bad to say about anyone there,&amp;quot; he tells Page Six. &amp;quot;They all really went above and beyond the call for me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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