The ordeal was so severe that he believed he would not survive it.

He was then bitten a second time, which left a trail of dreaded health complications in its wake.

Baldwin has endured frightening symptoms for decades since his bites.

Alec Baldwin posing

“The first time was the worst of all.

And I really thought, ‘This is it.

I’m not going to live.’

Alec Baldwin standing at a microphone

I wasn’t married at the time.

I was divorced from my first wife.

He first revealed his Lyme disease battle in 2011 during a sit-down with theNew York Times.

Alec Baldwin smiling

This is especially needed living in the heavily wooded Hamptons.

“I had the same thing each August.

Baldwin continues to handle his bout with Lyme disease.