Bradley Cooper recalls time when he was ‘so lost,’ addicted to alcohol and drugs

Bradley Cooper is candidly opens up about past struggles with addiction and why he decided to get sober.

"I was so lost and I was addicted to cocaine — that was the other thing," he said, adding, "I severed my Achilles tendon right after I got fired-slash-quit Alias" and struggled with "zero self-esteem."

He said it’s happened to him in his 29, before a big fame in Hollywood, PEOPLE reports.

"Moving to Los Angeles for Alias feeling like I was back in high school: I could not get into any clubs, no girls wanted to look at me. I was totally depressed. It wasn't really until The Hangover. I was 36 when I did The Hangover, so I got to go through all those things before fame even played into my existence on a daily level. So all that happened before any of that."

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