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Bradley Cooperis getting candid about his personal journey with addiction and sharing how being a parent has put things in perspective for him.
During the interview, Cooper shared that he felt “so lost” during the time in his life when his career was floundering, between his time onAlias, which ended when he was 29, and filmingThe Hangoverat 36.
“I was so lost and I wasaddicted to cocaine— that was the other thing,” he said, adding, “I severed my Achilles tendon right after I got fired-slash-quitAlias” and struggled with “zero self-esteem.”
Cooper then recalled that Arnett was one of the people who helped him to realize he needed to make a change.
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Cooper and Arnett went on to discuss times when they struggled with their emotional and mental health as recovering addicts. They both noted that becoming a dad positively affected each of their journeys to have healthy relationships with themselves.
“You have this wonderful thing or breakthrough with a script, or you have a wonderful moment on this set or in an editing room … you have like 40 of those moments every day with your kid, that are that level of joy. That’s not spinning it, that’s just the truth.”
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“I did find for me that one of the things that it does do is that it accelerates your work on yourself,” Arnett added of fatherhood, “because you want to not infect them with the crap you don’t have figured out.”
Ina May 2021 interview withELLE, she discussed their role as co-parents. “I never understood the term co-parenting,” she said. “When I’m with my daughter, I’m 100 percent a mother, and when she’s with her dad, he’s 100 percent her dad. Co-parenting is parenting.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
source: people.com
