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Josh Brolin Recalls Dark Moments With Mother Jane and Alcoholism: ‘I Was Born to Drink’


Actor Josh Brolin opened up about how his mother, Jane Cameron Agee, suffered from addition, which ultimately sent him down the wrong path as a youth.

“You knew if you didn’t get on the other side of that shut door within a couple of seconds, you’d be cleaning up fresh bloody marks somewhere on your body for the rest of the day,” he wrote. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesOnce the family moved off the ranch, Josh fell in with the wrong crowd, leading him down a path of violence, drug use and finding himself in trouble with the law. More than a decade later, Josh has been embracing his sobriety, as he lives with his wife, Kathryn Boyd, and their daughters, Westlyn and Chapel, and continues his work in Hollywood.

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