In 2008, Radcliffe revealed that he suffers from a mild form of the neurological disorder developmental coordination disorder. The motor skill disorder sometimes gets so bad that he has trouble doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces. "I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent," Radcliffe commented.[106] In August 2010, he stopped drinking alcohol after finding himself becoming too reliant on it.[107]
Radcliffe is an atheist. He has been quoted as saying: "I'm an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation",[108] and in a separate interview, he stated; "I'm very relaxed about it [being an atheist]. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do. Anything he does on television, I will watch".[109][110]