Even some of your favorite actors weren’t always so squeaky clean.
At the end of the day, nobody’s perfect, and we are all deserving of second chances.
Downey, also endearingly referred to as RDJ by fans everywhere, found early success as a young actor.
He was linked to the famed Brat Pack of the ’80s before going through some troubling times.
“There was no opportunity there … only threats.”
Addiction is a very real disease and not many love to tell the tale of their reformation.
The “Oppenheimer” actor achieved sobriety in 2003 and hasn’t looked back since.
“Addiction was so foreign to me,” Susan explained in the interview.
“I was incredibly ignorant of the hold it had on people.”
Downey replied to this with: “Thank God for that.
If she knew the depths of my depravity, we would not be sitting here.”
For Downey, finding sobriety was the start of getting his life and career back on track.
