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\u2018Arrow\u2019 Actor Colton Haynes Details Dive into Alcohol and Drug Addiction<\/b><\/p>\n

Actor Colton Haynes told <\/a>Attitude<\/a><\/em> magazine<\/a> that following the death of his mother and the split from his husband Jeff Leatham, his addiction to alcohol and drugs spiraled out of control<\/p>\n

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“I showed up to work and got fired on the first day. They said I looked as if I had ‘dead in my eyes’ \u2013 and I did.”<\/p>\n

Now six months sober, @ColtonLHaynes<\/a> speaks for the first time about the tumultuous year that sparked a terrifying descent into addiction:t.co\/kTKEgEt7GJ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/u9pCE58Fzp<\/a><\/p>\n

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It was a spiral that started after he came out as gay<\/a>, said Haynes: \u201cI came out and, in a way, my downward spiral started. I felt extremely free but at the same time the amount of attention I was getting was making me spin out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then came two other major moments: \u201cI got married and that didn\u2019t work out. That was extremely public and heart-breaking, and right when that was going on, my mom died. At that point I fell apart. My brain broke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haynes said he \u201cgot so heavily involved with drugs and alcohol to mask the amount of pain I was feeling that I couldn\u2019t even make some decisions for myself. I was drowning in my own shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

One week-long binge put the actor in the hospital after he was found heavily bruised at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills with a nearly-ruptured kidney and a partial loss of sight in one eye. He also had two seizures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 10 years, there were maybe 25 days I didn\u2019t drink. I remember when I started, it was a couple<\/a> glasses of wine, and it regressed into really dark times. I used to blame it on my anxiety or depression issues, but really the root of all my problems was the alcohol and drugs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Haynes is in recovery now and said he\u2019s found an \u201camazing amount of true love for himself\u201d and begun recognizing people who lift him up rather than tear him down.<\/p>\n

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Man\u2026life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself. I\u2019m so happy I\u2019m finally striving for progress rather than perfection. I\u2019m so grateful for today <\/a><\/p>\n

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