In October 2018, the American Pie star introduced he was one 12 months sober in a celebratory and inspiring Instagram publish.

“I first tried to get sober over 5 years in the past, when the burden of my obsession with booze and medicines grew to become too heavy for me to deal with,” he wrote on the time. “Seems this s–t is tough.”

He continued, “After some matches and begins, I’ve managed to place collectively one 12 months of sobriety. I’m as proud of it as something in my life. For those who’re struggling, know there’s assist. Don’t be ashamed. We are able to do that.”

Years later, he mirrored on his journey with dependancy and the lengths he went to cover the his battle.

“I’m going to remedy and ‘engaged on issues’ however in the meantime I’m leaving remedy, having simply had session, and I’m going to the liquor retailer and shopping for a fifth of vodka, consuming it after which driving house,” he mentioned on a March 2024 episode of his spouse Jenny Mollen‘s All the Fails podcast. “I knew the way to get wasted sufficient to the place I took myself out of the life equation, took myself out of the current, didn’t have to attach in a means that made me really feel issues.”

He added, “I had it found out to a T. To not get too drunk the place I couldn’t have a dialog with you. I used to be changing these bottles within the bar on a regular basis.”