Martin Sheen on Charlie's Drug Abuse
June 8th 2008 18:38
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Martin Sheen, father to bad-boy Charlie, is opening up about his son's drug use, saying that when he found out he was "fanatic" and feared for Charlie's life.
In this issue of AARP, the 67-year-old actor says of his son "The only way I got to Charlie, frankly, was because he'd skipped out of the hospital. I had to pay the bill."
"In paying the bill, I got to see why he was in there. He'd consumed an illegal substance; he was on probation. ... This was a criminal matter. And so that was the wedge; that was the leverage I had. That is what I took to the court; that's what I took to the sheriff. It was the only way I got him."
Sheen says he also struggled with alcohol abuse, but got through it with Catholism, his faith.
"I only got involved with AA when I was trying desperately to find a way to help Charlie, because I didn't have any skills," he says.
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