Click here to learn more about our closure or request medical records. Robert Downey Jr is one movie star that really hit the spotlight in He is on top of his game, but he has come through a lot to get there including repeated trips to drug rehab and time in prison.
His star was certainly rising, but he was just about to enter the most difficult period of his life. According to several reports, Downey claims to have used drugs since childhood. He had been able to drink alcohol and used cocaine and heroin without interfering with his acting life.
He had one drug arrest after another, plus drug rehab , jail time, and probations. Everything had been tried, and nothing seemed to work. He had some acting deals in the works, but his repeated drug arrests, prison, and drug rehab stints caused him to lose jobs.
He got fired for not showing up for work and for being arrested multiple times. His marriage was worn to the bone from all this as well. His wife eventually left him, taking their young son with her. Like many drug addicts, he reportedly lost interest in his work and passion acting when he hit his low point. At the time of all the type and drama, recall being somewhat in disbelief.
Robert Downey Jr. For a time, it didn't seem like Downey, who had been getting high since he was a kid, would be able to leave it alone. The actor's drug use spiraled after he made it big in Hollywood. In , police found heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine as well as an unloaded. Then, Downey was famously found by his neighbors passed out in their year-old son's bed. The actor told Vanity Fair that was "an uncommon occurrence for me.
Happened to be a very public one. By , he was smoking heroin and freebasing cocaine, leading to several arrests and stints in rehab facilities. In the summer of , within the span of just a few weeks, Downey Jr. This included one incident when police stopped him for speeding and found him not only intoxicated, but with heroin and cocaine on him, and an unloaded.
This was the beginning of Downey Jr. For the next few years, Downey Jr. In , he was sentenced to 36 months in state prison, where he spent 12 months serving time before being paroled. He was arrested two more times within eight months before being sent to rehab for six months at Wavelengths International, one of many court-mandated addiction treatment centers he visited over the years.
For Robert Downey, Jr. His wife left him and took their son. He was fired from his acting job on the show Ally McBeal. He was in massive debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. It was then that he decided it was time to take a year and fully address his substance abuse. It was time for recovery. In , Robert Downey Jr. However, it was when he began his romance with film producer Susan Levin while working on the film Gothika in that he fully committed to his recovery.
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