Dean McDermott gets candid about his “horrible” addiction battle and life after living in a sober facility during an exclusive interview with .
Detailing his journey, the actor tells us, “I am clean and sober … I got to a place where I finally surrendered and admitted that I needed help.”
“The way I was running my life, the way I was running the show was not right,” he continues. “Not, good for anybody — myself, my family and Tori [Spelling]. It was a horrible way to live. So I finally surrendered and asked for help, and I got it.”
McDermott, 57, explains that he “went into treatment and put [his] life back together,” adding he owes his life and newfound way of living to Harmony Place Treatment Center in Woodland Hills, Calif., and Freedom House Sober Living.
“It’s amazing when we ask — it’s a simple thing, but very difficult to do when you’re at the end of your rope and don’t know where to turn,” he says.
Once inside treatment, the “Due South” star claims he made a deal with himself to be in “100 percent” or not at all.
Explaining his thought process, he says, “Coming in at 55 years old — it’s just not a good look. I had to get this right.”
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From there, McDermott found himself in a six days a week treatment program consisting of four groups a day.
There was one group in particular that he credits to changing his life — breathwork, which he admits to having been more hesitant toward at first.
“I was like, OK, I don’t know what that is,” the father of six says. “It sounds a little artsy fartsy. But I made a deal, I’m all in, so I’ll give it a try.”
“So I gave it a try, and I fell in love with it. It…
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