TV star Richard Mylan says response to revealing his 20-year heroin addiction 'incredible'
He said: "What people know of actors, and people with public-facing jobs like mine, heroin addiction and me don't really fit together, and that is another reason why I wanted to tell my story.
"There is so much help out there and people like Adferiad, they want what is best for people with addiction," he said.Mylan admitted he never dreamed of speaking about his problems while in recovery. "They do it because they have really underlying mental health issues like anxiety, bipolar and schizophrenia."Richard Mylan has appeared in dozens of TV shows since his debut in the late 1990s
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