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- Jason Biggs has been sober since 2017
- He appeared on The View on Friday, Jan. 30, to promote Untitled Home Invasion Romance, his first film as director
- During the talk show appearance, he talked about the wake-up call that got him sober
Jason Biggs’ wife, Jenny Mollen, is a big reason why he is sober.
While promoting his directorial film debut, Untitled Home Invasion Romance, on The View on Friday, Jan. 30, the actor, 47, credited his wife as the “wake-up call” that led him to sobriety following his American Pie success.
Biggs has been sober since 2017 and shared his first anniversary of sobriety on Instagram in October 2018.
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The topic of conversation came up after Sunny Hostin congratulated him on being eight years sober.
“When did you realize it was time to make a change, and what advice would you give to people who are starting on that journey?” Hostin, 57, asked.
“It’s something I am really proud of, and it’s certainly been difficult,” Biggs explained. “I think for me, I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. For me, it was like, I’m very lucky insofar that my bottom wasn’t in the basement, at least in terms that I wasn’t arrested, I didn’t hurt — well, there’s damage, but not the kind you can read about, certainly. And it could have been worse.”
“But it was my obsession,” he continued. “The snakes in my head, they just never went away and they kept getting worse and worse and worse and it becomes all consuming and I couldn’t be present and I couldn’t be focused. It was a clear issue.”
“And then when Jenny got pregnant, that was sort of a wake-up call for me,” he said of his wife, whom he married in 2008. Biggs and Mollen, 46, have two sons, Sid, 11, and Lazlo, 8.
“They say you got to get sober for yourself. I agree and disagree,” said Biggs. “I believe that when you first get sober, whatever the reason is, it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s for someone else, your family — ‘Jenny was pregnant, I got to get sober’ — whatever it is.”
“I think, in order to stay sober, you have to do it for yourself,” he continued. “So that’s what got me in. What keeps me there is I need to do it for myself. Advice is, ask for help.”
Untitled Home Invasion Romance is now available to rent or buy on most digital platforms.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
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