It took a single smile from his ailing grandmother forJosh Brolinto turn his life around.
“I woke up on the sidewalk,” Brolin began.
“I didn’t know where my car was, and it wasn’t that that was rare.
Josh Brolin.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
That was just, you know, the 400th time that it happened.
It was so normal when I woke up.”
“My grandmother was on her deathbed,” he said.
And one quiet interaction changed everything.
“I was done.
Danson interjected, “That’s a great phrase.
‘On life’s terms.'”
Brolin agreed: “How dare me.
And I’d gotten away with…
I was 45 years old and I had gotten away with a lot.
Been in jail nine times, you know?
Done a little bit of whatever.
Then I get to live two lives and not just one.”
“I feel like something’s been cultivated in me,” Brolin clarified.
“That my life now is better than my greatest romance of any drink I could have.”
A representative for Brolin didn’t respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for further comment.
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Brolin, who entered rehab in 2013, has long been open about his struggles with substance abuse.
Just last year, the actorposted a photo on Instagramof his Alcoholics Anonymous chip marking 10 years of sobriety.
“Today isn’t to be celebrated any more than any other day,” he wrote.
Watch Brolin discuss his sobriety journey in the podcast clip above.
