The former Nickelodeon star said in a new interview that he “used food and drugs to numb [his] feelings” as a teen. He has been sober since 2008.
The 35-year-old actor revealed in a new interview his past addiction to drugs and alcohol, which started after he changed his approach to diet and exercise as a teen.Wednesday. “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.
Peck and Drake Bell began working together on “The Amanda Show” before landing their own series, “Drake & Josh.”“It was really a buffet,” he recalled. “I had this illusion of becoming more confident and attractive when I was partaking. I was trying to quiet that voice that woke me up every morning and told me I wasn’t enough.”
After a while, though, Peck realized he had developed a reputation in Hollywood for being “unstable and erratic.”Alberto E. Rodriguez “I had worked so hard for this thing, and I was getting very close to losing it,” he said of his fame, adding that the fear of derailing his own career helped him make the decision to join a treatment program.Peck is husband to film editor Paige O’Brien and dad to 3-year-old Max.
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