Dax Shepard opens up about how he revealed his relapse to his young kids
Dax Shepard opened up about how he informed his kids about his relapse after 16 years of sobriety.
Shepard, 46, appearing on the In Fact with Chelsea Clinton podcast, explained how he told daughters Lincoln, eight, and Delta, six, with wife Kristen Bell, 40, about the lapse in sobriety.
The relapse occurred in the wake of a motorcycle accident he was involved in last year in which he took pain medication.
The latest: Dax Shepard opened up about how he informed his kids about his relapse after 16 years of sobriety. He was snapped last year in Pasadena, California
‘They knew when I relapsed, we explained, “Well, Daddy was on these pills for his surgery and then Daddy was a bad boy and he started getting his own pills,”‘ he said. ‘Yeah, we tell them the whole thing.’
The Milford, Michigan-born actor said that both of his girls are aware he ‘goes to an AA meeting every Tuesday and Thursday’ in an effort to combat his addiction issues.
‘One of the cuter moments was, I wanna say my oldest daughter was three, back when my daughters wanted to be with me 24 hours a day,’ the Parenthood actor said. ‘She said, “Where are you going?” I said, “I’m going to AA.”
‘She said, “Why do you have to go?” I said, “Because I’m an alcoholic and if I don’t go there, then I’ll drink and then I’ll be a terrible dad.”‘
Details: The Milford, Michigan-born actor said that both of his girls are aware he ‘goes to an AA meeting every Tuesday and Thursday’ in an effort to combat his addiction issues
Show biz couple: Shepard and Bell were snapped in 2019 appearing on the Today show
The Top Gear America host said that his daughter asked him if she could go with him and he told her that she had ‘to be an alcoholic’ to go.
The Ranch star continued: ‘And she goes, “I’m gonna be an alcoholic.” I said, “You might become one. The odds are not in your favor, but you’re not there yet.”‘
Shepard described the heavy emotion he experienced when he had to go back to a meeting
‘I had to go to my f***ing meeting I’ve been going to for 16 years … it was terrible,’ the Bless This Mess actor said. ‘Weirdly, it was terrible leading up to it, because I had built this whole identity in my head around having 16 years.
‘I loved having 16 years. I was holding onto that so much, I was really scared of not having that … eventually, I couldn’t do it and I had to tell on myself.’
Shepard said that he feels well now, with six months of sobriety under his belt.