“30 Rock’s” Tracy Morgan’s wife Sabina has filed for divorce after 22 years of marriage, citing his long-term alcohol abuse. Morgan got a DUI in Hollywood in 2005 and a DWI in Manhattan in 2006. As a result he had to wear a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) bracelet around his ankle for six months, though he did get to take it off early due to some medical issues he was having with it. The couple separated last year, and Morgan confirmed to TV Guide that the couple was proceeding with a divorce. Though he stated that he was going through with it and that the pair were still good friends, according to Sabina, that’s not the whole story.

Comedian Tracey Morgan’s [sic] wife is filing for divorce, claiming the 30 Rock star has lost his battle with alcoholism. The 39-year-old star recently claimed he had been sober for months, spurred on by his three sons’ pleas for him to stay off alcohol. But Sabina, his wife of 22 years, claims he is back on the booze. She says, “I have to divorce him. I still have feelings for him, but the marriage is over. I’m having my lawyer file the divorce papers. I gave him every opportunity since August to stay in the marriage, but he’s failed. “It’s terrible that he’s drinking again. He knows he shouldn’t be doing that for so many reasons, his health especially.”

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I would assume that when Sabina cites Tracey’s health, she’s referring not just to the general detrimental health effects of alcoholism, but also to the fact that Morgan is diabetic. Most diabetics can drink a little, depending on their individual cases, but the heavy drinking associated with alcoholism would obviously be a pretty big problem. Tracy did a pretty good job of making everything sound all sweetness and light in his TV Guide interview, and didn’t really acknowledge his alcoholism.

TV Guide: Were you embarrassed about being arrested for drunk driving?
Morgan: Yeah. I never wanted to be a poster boy for that type of behavior. Drinking and driving is not a cool thing.

TV Guide: You were sentenced to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet for six months. What was that like?
Morgan: I was like the Man in the Iron Mask! It had hair all over it from my leg when I took it off.

TV Guide: What was the most annoying thing about it?
Morgan: Sores. It’s metal up against raw skin. Also, I’m diabetic. If I get a little scratch, it’s hard for it to heal.

TV Guide: How liberating was it to get it off?
Morgan: Well, it felt great not to be monitored. I’m a grown man. But it also felt weird. Because I had to live without alcohol for six months. So now it’s like, I can drink if I want. But do I want to? No. So I know it did good.

[From the Seattle P.I.]

Well clearly he didn’t do that “good,” as his drinking seems to still have been problematic enough to end his marriage. Tracy is really good on “30 Rock” – his character, Tracy Jordan, seems to be a mix of himself and vintage Eddie Murphy. Hopefully he’ll get his act together and not give “30 Rock” too much more real-life material to draw from.

Picture note by Jaybird: Header of Tracy Morgan leaving the Letterman Show on Tuesday. Images thanks to Splash Photos.