Josh Brolin
That Dipasupil/ FilmMagicJosh Brolin Opening up about her long road of silence.
“I was born to drink. I was born to drink. My mother drank just like I did, and I’m raised to be a man and drink as much as my mother did.” ,” Brolin, 56, wrote in his new memoir. From under the trunkper The Sunday Times.
According to the outlet, Brolin first tried marijuana at age 9 and threw up acid at age 13, leading him down a long path of drug abuse, particularly alcoholism.
A year after his mother’s death at the age of 55, his father, James Brolinpursued a romance with Barbra Streisand. Josh recalled being “a little confused” by his behavior. When he went to James and Streisand’s house and asked for a glass of red wine, Josh said the actress was blunt with her answer. “But aren’t you drunk?” asked Streisand, 82.
Reflecting on the moment during an interview with the outlet on Sunday, Nov. 17, Josh said, “There’s nothing definitive in me, regardless of the reaction, just the ability to say. More.”
Josh, who had previously been sober, said he tried to keep his drinking away from his two older children. But there was a moment when his drinking “crossed a line” and affected his oldest children. (Josh shares Trevor, 36, and Aidan, 29, with his first wife, Alice Adair. After his marriage to Diane Lane, which ended in 2013, Josh tied the knot. Catherine Boyd. The couple shares daughters Westlyn, 6, and Chappelle, 3.)
“It was about taking care of animals and not being there to take care of an animal for a moment,” he said. After the outlet asked if one of her kids’ pets had died, she replied, “No, but close. And I was, like, ‘It’s because of me.’ “
In 2013, Josh recalled waking up hungry outside his home and fighting during a fast food drive-thru in Santa Monica. He picked himself up and went to his 99-year-old grandmother’s deathbed, where he realized she was in the middle of her life.
Courtesy of Josh Brolin/Instagram When Josh Brolin was asked to name the biggest difference between raising his two older children and his two younger children, he was very candid. “Wine,” Brolin, 56, admitted on the Monday, March 4, episode of the “Smartless” podcast. “I mean, it’s just the king’s truth, man.” Brolin shared a son. […]
At that moment he decided to regain consciousness. “I knew it was the last time I drank,” Josh said.
He went on with rehab and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. “I love being big. It’s kind of a great excuse to finally go, ‘Okay, just be gentle, you don’t have to go around all the time,'” she said.
Josh notes that he has “more fun” when he’s sober. “There’s nothing I’m going through that I’m sure wouldn’t be worse if I was drinking,” he added.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
