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Dax Shepard is a beloved actor, actor, podcast host and writer - and in his personal life, he is also a husband, father and a drug addict. Since the firstbecome sober In 2004, the star used his platform as an A-Lister Hollywood to share her recovery experiences. Now he reveals the only thing he was "crazy superstitions" when he became sober for the first time. Read the rest to discover Shepard's point of view on his complicated journey through dependence and to know why this daily practice helped him keep on the right track.

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Shepard was opened on his battle against dependence and his 18th birthday to remain sober. In 2012, he saidPlayboy (Going throughPeople) that in addition to an excessive consumption of alcohol, he regularly took "cocaine, opiates, marijuana, weight loss pills, pain relievers, all" before changing his life.

theParenting The actor explained that he would become sober to act in the films, but would immediately return to his old manners, plunging more deeply into dependence whenever a film ended. "Between the films, he obtainedmore and more dangerous," he saidBlake Griffith, podcast animatorThe pursuit of health(Going throughPeople).

His habit has wreaked havoc on all areas of his life, but especially his relationship with his wife,Kristen Bell. "All the things I had done were terrifying for her, and she had trouble believing that I could never remain married and monogamous and a father and all these things. For the first and a half year [that] we were together , that's what we fought almost every week, "he shared withPlayboy.

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The actor says that it took several times "hitting the bottom" before finally resolving himself to become sober for the first time - and there was a lot of backwards along the way, even after making this difficult decision . "There are a few common commonSobriety errors- A being that people touch a background and that's it. Most drug addicts have many funds, "said Shepard in an interview in 2019 onExcluding camera with Sam Jones. "I had many events that were even worse than the one who ended up being my last event," he said, describing a special bell during which he was for a period of days.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Although this is not his scary moment as a drug addict, he also shared the moment in 2004 when he knew he needed to solve the problems underlying his dependence: "I am on the point of play in this film,Zathura; They pay me a ton of money; People recognize me at the airport. I have been doing everything I have dreamed for 30 years. Everything has come true, and I am the least happy I have ever been in my life. I am closest not to want to be alive as I have ever been, and I had everything on the paper that I have ever wanted. I am grateful for that because I could say: "Something much deeper is broken." ""

When he became sober for the first time, Shepherd says he became "crazy superstitious"About holding a newspaper." I had this thought that if I cannot commit 20 minutes to remember that I am a drug addict every morning, I will end up blowing nine hours a day as a drug addict, "he saidGwyneth Paltrow In a 2019 interview forThe Goop Podcast. "I must be able to say, at least, it is your commitment. You must recognize that you are a drug addict every day, first of all, just upon waking, you write a page," he declared. "He shouldn't even be a drug addict. It's just this physical activity there to remember:" I have something that I will never have. ""

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Although the star was opened on his relapse experiences in 2012 and 2020, he says he is now focusing on taking concrete and usable measuresKeep his sobriety in check. "I do not believe that people think that their means to act differently. I think they act their way of thinking differently," said the actor in 2019 on his podcastChair expert (Going throughUS Magazine).

For Shepard, it means "working the stages" of the Anonymous Alcoholics Program (AA). "What I like about AA is that it is not abstract: here is what you do; write this list; call this person; be available for this type; take this person to a meeting", a- he shared. "You cannot wake up one morning because you are so demoralized from the previous night and decide:" I will remember permanently that I felt it demoralized in six years and that it will be sustainable. "For me, at least, I will forget six years later what it looked like. But if I have actions that are part of my regular muscle memory and my routine, these things will make the uprising for me", a- he said.

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