In October 2018, the American Pie star introduced he was one 12 months sober in a celebratory and inspiring Instagram publish.
“I first tried to get sober over 5 years in the past, when the load of my obsession with booze and medicines grew to become too heavy for me to deal with,” he wrote on the time. “Seems this s–t is tough.”
He continued, “After some suits and begins, I’ve managed to place collectively one 12 months of sobriety. I’m as pleased with it as something in my life. Should you’re struggling, know there’s assist. Don’t be ashamed. We are able to do that.”
Years later, he mirrored on his journey with habit and the lengths he went to cover the his battle.
“I’m going to remedy and ‘engaged on issues’ however in the meantime I’m leaving remedy, having simply had a very good session, and I’m going to the liquor retailer and shopping for a fifth of vodka, consuming it after which driving dwelling,” he stated on a March 2024 episode of his spouse Jenny Mollen‘s All of the Fails podcast. “I knew the way to get wasted sufficient to the place I took myself out of the life equation, took myself out of the current, didn’t have to attach in a method that made me really feel issues.”
He added, “I had it found out to a T. To not get too drunk the place I couldn’t have a dialog with you. I used to be changing these bottles within the bar on a regular basis.”
