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Josh Brolin shares how his dying grandmother inspired him to stop drinking after 9 stints in jail

Josh Brolin is reflecting on how a smile from his ailing grandmother convinced him to turn his life around and get sober at 45: 'If this woman could get through 99 years on life's terms, how dare me?'

While that disorientation was par for the course, the Dune: Part Two actor explained that what made the night notable was his grandmother's declining health. After getting a call from his brother asking where he was, Brolin picked him up and they eventually arrived at the hospital to pay their respects. "With the exception that it represents to others who are thinking about a way out of their tornado of shame that there exists a life where that over-pressurized piece of coal that is you will eventually transform into the diamond of liberty that you always deserved to be.

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