Josh Brolin Explains How He Felt

Josh Brolin he is paving his long road to sobriety.

“I was born to drink. I was born to drink. My mother drank like me, and I was raised to be a man and drink like my mother,” Brolin, 56, wrote in his new memoir, From Under the Trunkwith The Sunday Times.

According to the outlet, Brolin first tried marijuana at age 9 and dropped acid at age 13, which led him down a long road of drug abuse, especially alcohol.

A year after his mother died at the age of 55, his father, James Brolinhe made love with her Barbra Streisand. Josh recalled being “a little confused” by her behavior. When he walked into James and Streisand's home and asked for a glass of red wine, Josh said the actress didn't respond. “But you're not drunk? Streisand, 82, asked.

While reflecting on this moment on Sunday, November 17, in an interview with the station, Josh said, “There is nothing I admire more in anyone than the ability to just say it, no matter how you react.”

Josh, who had had periods of binge drinking, said he tried to keep his two older children from drinking. But there was a moment when his drinking “crossed the line” and affected his older children. (Josh shares Trevor, 36, and Eden, 29, with his first wife, Alice Adair. After his marriage to Diane Lane, which ended in 2013, Josh tied the knot with her Kathryn Boyd. They share daughters Westlyn, 6, and Chapel, 3.)

“It was about taking care of the animals and not being there to take care of the animal for a while,” he said. After the store asked if one of her children's pets had died, she replied, “No, but shut up. And I was like, 'That's for me.' “

In 2013, Josh remembered waking up outside his house and remembering a fight at a fast food restaurant in Santa Monica. He picked himself up and went to see his 99-year-old grandmother, when he arrived he was struck by the thought that he was in the middle of his life.

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At that time, he decided not to get drunk. “I knew that was going to be my last drink,” Josh said.

He went on to rehab and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. “I like getting old. It's like a good excuse to finally go, 'Okay, just relax, you don't have to spin all the time,'” he said.

Josh noted that he “has a lot of fun” when he's not drunk. He added, “There's nothing I'm going through that I'm sure won't get worse if I drink.”

If you or someone you know has a substance abuse problem, contact the National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).