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Josh Peck Reflects On His Sobriety, Says He's 'Lucky To Have Found Recovery Through A 12 Steps Program'
Josh Peck is glad to have started on the sobriety journey.
The 35-year-old has been making tremendous progress in the past few years, and in a recent interview, the Drake & Josh star opened up on his approach to quitting alcohol. "I'm lucky to have found recovery through a 12 steps program almost 14 years ago and it's something that I still do regularly to this day," he said. "It gives me a lot of structure in my life. It's really the bedrock of my life, and from it, all these wonderful things have been built."
Peck, who started his career as a child actor, published his memoir Happy People Are Annoying earlier this year, detailing his battle with alcohol and drugs. For the former Nickelodeon star, snapping out of a drunken haze was a fresh perspective on life. Sobriety, he said, introduced him to "a level of spirituality" and taught him "how to embrace stoicism and ancient truths."
He added, "It's given me a foundation that has kept me really anchored."
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Peck got candid about his addiction in the past, saying it started when he began experimenting with his diet and exercise. "It became clear that once I lost the weight that I was the same head in a new body," he revealed in an interview. "What is really clear is that I overdo things. And then I discovered drugs and alcohol. And that became my next chapter. I used food and drugs to numb my feelings."
Now on the road to recovery, Peck has plenty of engagements. The actor played the role of a rabbi on Netflix's 13: The Musical — a part that may have been close to him, as he revealed that he is "incredibly proud to be Jewish."
He added, "I think it's something that as I get older has become more important to me."
Peck is expecting a second child with his wife, Paige O' Brien, who also ensures he doesn't get "out of line." The couple is already parents to 3-year-old son Max.
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The How I Met Your Father star admitted that he was not ready to be a dad as he'd never met his own, but it all worked out in the end. "Having a father in so many ways would have hopefully given me structure or a manual on being a dad," he said. "But thankfully, I had enough apostles in my life, my father-in-law, who I really look up to, and my brother from the Big Brother Jewish Foundation, Dan, who has been in my life since I was 8. I'm so lucky to have great men in my life that I could go to for counsel and advice and mirror the things they did so well with their kids."
Peck reflected on his sobriety journey in an interview with Page Six.