Drake & Josh star Josh Peck reveals he suffered from secret drug and alcohol addiction after losing 127 pounds

DRAKE & JOSH star Josh Peck has revealed his past of alcohol and drug addiction after losing 127 pounds.

The 35-year-old actor – who has been sober for almost 15 years – details his struggles with weight and substance abuse in his new memoir.

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In an interview with EVERYONE Before the book’s March 15 release date, Josh admitted “I’m always looking for something outside to fix my inner self.

“But eventually I realized that whether my life was beyond my wildest dreams or a mess, it didn’t change the temperature of what was going on in my mind. I knew that no. nothing in the outside world can make me feel whole.”

The former child star has been quite sober since 2008, but revealed her addictive behavior started with an unhealthy diet while growing up.

Started her acting journey on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show with Amanda Byneshe got his breakthrough role in comedy Drake & Josh opposite Drake Bell.

“I spent most of my life dying to be normal but I grew up with a single mother, I was overweight and I was a real musical theater kid with no social standing.

“Comedy is my natural defense mechanism,” he explains.

At nearly 300 pounds, Josh decided to focus on his health with 18 months of diet and exercise to lose more than 100 pounds.

However, he realizes that weight isn’t his only obstacle as he soon turns to other vices to deal with his feelings.

“It was clear that once I lost weight, I was back in a new body. What was really clear was that I overdid everything,” he said.

“And then I discovered drugs and alcohol. And that became my next chapter. I used food and drugs to numb my emotions.”

Facing his own insecurities and keeping an eye on the public at a young age, Josh said he leans more towards drugs and alcohol as a means to fit in.

“I had the illusion that I became more confident and attractive at parties. I tried to calm that voice that woke me up every morning and told me I wasn’t enough,” he confessed.

The reputation his partying style is creating in Hollywood is a fear to How I met your father star as he reflects on those tough times, calling his behavior “unstable and erratic.”

“I worked so hard on this and I almost lost it,” he said.

‘HEALTH, PEACE & CONTINUOUS’

After joining a treatment center, he was able to kick his unhealthy habits, which was followed by a series of career successes.

Josh has added several movie and TV show credits to his already impressive resume in his 20s, including a role in the 2012 action film Red Dawn and in the Marvel movie Captain America. 2016.

More recently, he played a lead role in the reboot of Disney’s Turner & Hooch and he’s part of the cast of How I Met Your Father, which premiered on Hulu earlier this year.

“By working through the discomfort and by doing my best to break through the false identity I had for myself, I was able to get to the place I’ve always been looking for,” Josh told the publication.

“I’m just trying to do good work that makes people happy.”

Josh also went on to marry film director Paige O’Brien and become the father of their three-year-old son Max.

“It really took me a long time to fall in love with the 15-year-old version of me,” he confessed.

“But now I understand how strong he was. And I feel like everything in my life is set up for me to find this chapter of health, peace and contentment.”

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