Charlie Sheen talks his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir, ‘The Book of Sheen’

By ITZEL LUNA Charlie Sheen declared fatherhood fast occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago It turned into just an compelling daily grind of just sudden responsibility and you know having to answer the call and it was amazing Sheen reported Monday telling an audience that once he at last put down the bottle his children started coming to his home Sheen sat down with actor and writer David Duchovny during an event at nd Street Y New York on Monday to discuss the writing process behind his memoir The Book of Sheen his journey through sobriety and his passion for acting The actor battled addiction throughout his decades-long career Writing about it candidly as he does in his book set to be issued Tuesday took years of self-reflection he noted Sheen grew up on film sets and began creating home movies as a young child before getting his big break starring in movies like Platoon and Wall Street His decorated career in Hollywood however was accompanied by decades of drug abuse legal battles an HIV finding and messy divorces I m a good guy Sheen disclosed Good guys sometimes do selected bad things but the only way to stay a good guy is to own that expletive and move forward How Sheen s memoir was brought to life Amid jokes and lighthearted prodding Duchovny applauded the memoir which he described as not vindictive at all There s no animus against any other person in the book even yourself which I really appreciate Not just your gentleness with other people but your gentleness with yourself David Duchovny left and Charlie Sheen discuss the book The Book of Sheen at the nd Street Y on Monday Sept in New York Photo by Charles Sykes Invision AP The book chronicles Sheen s life from a near-death experience during his birth in to the moment he decided to get sober in It carries a unique writing style with certain words purposefully misspelled and instead written the way Sheen sees them in his mind he stated Dude for instance became dood Sheen declared he was inspired by the narration and rhythm in Apocalypse Now the film his father Martin Sheen starred in I demanded it to feel like the reader was kind of in the room with me or at the small dinner party hearing this story he reported His drug addiction and recovery is at the center of the book and addressed in the latter half of the discussion Sheen spoke on the intense sexual component of a lot of the drugs he grew reliant on including cocaine When substance abuse is the first bridge you build the actor noted that s the one you ll keep walking across Sheen explained he figured out early on that alcohol helped calm his stutter which had negatively impacted his acting and it turned into the the bulk formidable drug for me to deal with The only part of the drinking that I could deal with was the first hour Sheen disclosed But it s the next hours or just the next hours So once I can just abandon that fantasy of living inside that hour then it is not a big deal Sheen struggled to answer whether he d be open to acting in the future noting that writing the book was the preponderance challenging job I ve ever had and hands down the bulk rewarding one It was incredible to have a job where I didn t have to get approval it s just you and the page he explained Maybe I need to write the next thing I act in Netflix documentary will unveil never-before-seen home movies Sheen s career began young making home movies with childhood friends like the Penn brothers Chris and Sean in the Malibu California neighborhood he grew up in Clips from the movies which had previously only been enjoyed by family and friends will be featured in Sheen s upcoming Netflix two-part documentary aka Charlie Sheen which will be circulated Wednesday The movies Sheen revealed had simple plots often revolving around a crime a villain and someone seeking revenge They were filmed on old cameras with props handed down by his father Martin Sheen and the Penn brother s parents who were actors and directors themselves Everybody was surfing or skateboarding or doing other stuff and we just detected a way to just kind of emulate or mimic or copy what our parents were doing Sheen revealed The documentary which includes interviews with Sean felt like the perfect place for them to ultimately be put on full display he disclosed