Dean McDermott is three years sober.
Dean McDermott celebrating three years of sobriety
The 59-year-old reality TV star and former husband of Tori Spelling took to Instagram to celebrate the huge milestone in his sobriety journey and explain that it all started with him “asking for help”.
He wrote: “WOW we wee WOW!! 3 years!! Couldn’t have done it without my Family, Friends, Fellowship, Sponsor and a 12 step program!! It all started with surrendering and asking for help.”
He also posted a video where he encouraged those who are “suffering and in pain” to seek help.
He said: “Today, June 26, I celebrate three years being clean and sober. Yes, it can be done. I want to let you know out there if you’re suffering and you’re in pain [that] it can be done. If I can do it, you can do it. It starts by reaching out your hand and asking for help.
“I know in your darkest days that seems like Mount Everest to do that, but reach out. … Ask for help, it’s OK. You can’t do this thing alone, none of us can.”
McDermott previously blamed his 2023 divorce from former Beverly Hills 90210 star Tori Spelling on his substance abuse issues.
He previously told the Daily Mail: “Alcohol made me feel good enough. I started feeling good enough until it got to a point where it didn’t – it ended up in isolation. It ended up with me drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week and a handful of [prescription medications] by myself with a beautiful family in the other room. That’s what it led to and that’s what led to the brokenness and to what happened between me and Tori. I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t live that life anymore. I was tired of the anger and the yelling.
“I would wake up angry that I woke up and I have these five, six beautiful kids in my life, but I was so dark and hopeless, I couldn’t see that. She came from just such a place of love and wanting me to be healthy and happy. … It was co-dependence. She put my well-being well ahead of hers. She loved me so much that she didn’t really want to tell me how it was affecting her, although I could see it in her face.”
Tori and Dean have five children together, while he also shares son Jack, 27, with ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace.
