In October 2018, the American Pie star announced he had been sober for a year in a celebration and encouragement. Instagram post.
“The first time I tried to get sober was over five years ago, when the weight of my obsession with alcohol and drugs became too much for me to bear,” he wrote. at that time. “In the end, this turned out to be difficult.”
He continued, “After a few bouts, I managed to get through a year of sobriety. I’m the proudest of my life. If you’re struggling, I want you to know that there is help. There’s no shame. We can do it.”
A few years later he He reflected on his struggle with addiction and how hard he tried to hide it. struggle.
“I go to therapy and ‘work on things,’ but in the meantime, I leave therapy, I just had a good session, I go to the liquor store, buy a fifth of vodka, drink it, and drive home,” he said on a March 2024 episode with wife Jenny Molen. all failures Podcast. “I knew how to remove myself from the equation of life, remove myself from the present, and waste away so much that I no longer needed to connect in a way that made me feel things.”
He added, “I asked Mr. T to think about it, to avoid getting too drunk and not being able to have a conversation. I always changed the bottles at the bar.”
