Stephen Baldwin on Addiction, AA, Faith & Going “Cali Sober”

Stephen Baldwin says cocaine was “the devil” for him. Long before The Usual Suspects and Bio-Dome, he was already drinking, using cocaine, and finding himself in places where even a drug dealer once told him it was “time to go home.”

In this episode of American Recovery, Stephen Baldwin sits down with Aaron Prager for a candid conversation about addiction, Hollywood, Alcoholics Anonymous, faith, family, and the decisions that changed the course of his life.

Stephen traces his story from growing up as the youngest of the Baldwin brothers on Long Island to being exposed to a Hollywood culture where drugs and alcohol were often treated as normal. He remembers finishing a gram of cocaine before his high-school prom, eventually recognizing cocaine as the most controlling substance he'd ever experienced, and confronting the reality that his lifestyle could cost him both the woman he loved and the future he wanted.

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