John Stamos opens up about his drunk driving arrest and rehab

John Stamos is taking a look at again at his battle with alcoholism and arrest for driving below the affect.

Whereas the Full Home star, 59, has discovered peace as a husband and father within the current, issues weren’t at all times so steady for the actor and musician. In a brand new interview, Stamos says his ingesting grew to become so troublesome that he grew to become passively suicidal, not caring what occurred to him.

“For the longest time, after I was not sober, after I was fuzzy, I believed, ‘I’ve achieved all of it.’ I did not wanna kill myself, however I did not care if I died,” the Massive Shot star sat down with CBS Sunday Morning. “I mentioned, ‘I’ve achieved all of it. if I die tomorrow, it is OK.’ What was I considering? I hadn’t achieved all of it; I nonetheless have not achieved all of it, not even shut.”

Regardless of realizing how involved his family and friends had been for his well-being, Stamos continued to drink. A 2015 arrest for driving below the affect helped snap him again into actuality.

“, that fateful night time, I bought in my automobile, I believed I may drive, and I could not. I simply have flashes in my thoughts about driving in circles. And folks had been driving close to me and they might roll the window down, ‘Uncle Jesse, pull over!’ And I went to rehab, and it was the toughest factor ever,” he shared.

Stamos admitted that he had “Peter Pan syndrome,” one thing he known as “harmful.” Rising up was by no means his precedence, and the youthfulness of his seems solely stunted his maturity.

“I went into changing into an grownup kicking and screaming,” he mentioned. “And when you might have the entire world going, ‘You look 20,’ I did not have any of these tentpoles that say you are an grownup, proper? I used to be simply skatin’ by way of.”

After getting sober, Stamos turned issues round. He is been married to second spouse Caitlin McHugh since 2018, and is now a dad to son Billy. Today, he has fairly a distinct perspective. He is residing for the second, but additionally wanting towards to the long run. He additionally says he is hoping for “extra children.”

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“However I am not wanting too far upfront. I am simply enthusiastic about now,” he said. “‘Trigger the subsequent second is likely to be somebody, you realize, gone, proper?”

That understanding of loss is one thing Stamos is aware of all too effectively. Within the interview, he additionally mirrored on the lack of his expensive pal, comic and Full Home star Bob Saget, who died at age 65 in January.

“I do not know what else to say about it apart from clearly … one of many largest influences in my life was Bob. I would not be who I’m with out Bob,” defined Stamos, who co-starred with Saget on each Full Home and Fuller Home. “My dad and mom, now that is apparent. However him, you realize, he was there for all the pieces, all the nice, all of the unhealthy. He was my brother, you realize? He is the brother that I at all times needed.”

Stamos additionally confirmed an vital memento of Saget’s that he acquired from the comic’s widow, Kelly Rizzo: his guitar.

“You’ll be able to solely play soiled songs on right here,” he joked.

If you happen to or somebody you realize is experiencing suicidal ideas, name 911 or the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255, or textual content HOME to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741741.