Bradley Cooper Recalls Being 'Addicted to Cocaine' and Feeling 'Totally Depressed' in His Late 20s

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Bradley Cooper is looking back at his past struggles with mental health and addiction, and reflecting on how he managed to change his life around.The  star joined Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes for an episode of their podcast, , released on Monday, and opened up about the events early in his career when he realized just how «lost» he truly felt.Cooper recalled a time when he was 29, and Arnett — who has been a friend to Cooper for years — had a difficult conversation with him about his behavior and his acerbic sense of humor, which Cooper didn't realize he'd started taking too far.The actor explained that, at the time he had «zero self-esteem,» and that he felt his mean jokes and biting sarcasm were innocuous, explaining, «I didn't think I was hurting anybody, because how could I if I was worthless?»«I was so lost...

and I was addicted to cocaine, you know, that was the other thing,» Cooper explained, adding that he'd also «severed my Achilles tendon» right after he left in 2003 — which added to his emotional turmoil.For Cooper, moving to Los Angeles to shoot felt like he «was back in high school.»«I could not get into any clubs, no girls wanted to look at me.

I was totally depressed,» Cooper shared. «It wasn’t really until and I was 36 when I did »So I got to go through all those things before fame even played into my existence on a daily level," he said of how his biggest personal troubles weren't caused by fame but by emotional issues. «So all that happened before any of that.»Ultimately, Cooper credits Arnett for that one fateful conversation that the actor feels allowed him his first moments of self-realization and led to him reexamining himself and his behavior.«I definitely made major breakthroughs at.