Charlie Sheen Opens Up on Sobriety, Shame, and His “Reset” in Life
Charlie Sheen has always been a figure people couldn’t stop talking about. From his Hollywood success to his very public downfalls, his story has never been short of drama. Now at 59, Sheen is reflecting on the wildest chapters of his life — and he admits it’s nothing short of a miracle that he’s still here to tell the tale.
In a new interview, Sheen revealed how close his addiction came to ending everything. The actor, famous for Two and a Half Men and countless headlines during his troubled years, said that his path to sobriety was fueled by one thing above all else: his children. Sami, Lola, Max, and Bob became the reason he chose to finally get clean in 2017. He admitted that his kids needed a father who could actually show up, and deep down, he knew he had to change.
Even now, eight years into sobriety, Sheen confesses that memories of his past still haunt him. He calls them “shame shivers” — flashes of the worst things he’s done, the choices that left scars on himself and others. These feelings, he said, are less frequent than they once were, but they remain part of his journey. Forgiveness, especially self-forgiveness, is still a work in progress.
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The actor has been through rehab many times before, but this time stuck. Looking back, he admits that his old lifestyle was built on fear — fear that his fame and money would disappear. To quiet that voice of doubt, he turned to drugs and alcohol, which only pushed him deeper into chaos. His notorious parties had rules of their own: “Park your judgment at the door. No pain in the bedroom. And no one can die.” It was his way of controlling the uncontrollable, though in reality, he was spiraling further out of control.
Sheen overdosed on cocaine in 1998, and he knows firsthand how close he came to the edge. Today, he tells himself that one more relapse would likely kill him, whether or not that’s literally true. That belief has become part of what keeps him sober.
Now, Sheen is ready to share his story with the world in two new projects — his memoir The Book of Sheen and a Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen . He insists these aren’t about rewriting history or playing the victim. Instead, they’re about owning up to what happened and telling the truth as he remembers it. Most of his 50s, he admits, were spent apologizing to people he hurt.
Still, he refuses to call his return to the public eye a “comeback.” For him, it’s a “reset.” A fresh start. Not about chasing old glory, but about living in the present moment and seeing what comes next.
For a man once defined by excess, scandal, and self-destruction, Charlie Sheen’s survival — and his willingness to confront it all head-on — feels like a story Hollywood itself could never have written.
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