Soap star Jacob Young has revealed that he privately battled an opioid addiction for years.
The General Hospital,The Bold and the Beautiful, and All My Children alum spoke out about his addiction during an appearance on the Imperfectly Perfect podcast. Speaking with host Glenn Marsden, Young admitted that a turbulent childhood and substance abuse led him to battle opioids after a dentistry procedure.
Young explained that his parents' divorce and his stepmother's suicide when he was 16 left him with a lot of trauma. It also led him to “start smoking weed” at age 14, explaining that marijuana was a coping mechanism for him.
The actor didn’t let his marijuana use interfere with his roles on The Bold and the Beautiful as Rick Forrester, then on General Hospital as Lucky Spencer, and on All My Childrenas JR Chandler. Young did explain that in his late 20s, he got more into drinking and eventually started using drugs like Molly and cocaine.
He was a single guy in his late 20s making good money and living in New York City, where he was constantly looking for people to party with and found them. Young shared his behavior stemmed from “dealing with resentment, depression, old wounds that were still bleeding inside of me.”
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Soap Star Jacob Young Reveals Secret Addiction
When Young met his wife, Christen Steward, he gave up all drugs. They went on to have three children: son Luke, and daughters Molly and Grace. Then a dental procedure led Young to become addicted to Vicodin.
“This is something I’ve never been completely open about. I started getting hooked on opioids and I went through seven years of my life wasted on opioids,” he expressed adding that he “just needing to numb, and to just sit and just feel normal, I don’t know. It’s the one thing that made me feel normal.”
Despite being high on Vicodin, Young continued to work regularly, where he showed up prepared and did his job, claiming his addiction never affected his work. The soap star hid his dependence on opioids for seven years until finally he reached a breaking point and confessed to his wife.
“Nobody knew. Even my wife didn’t know. I finally broke down and told her the truth. I was like, ‘Look, I’m addicted. And I can’t get off this because I don’t want to get sick, but I need help,’” Young shared.
With the help of Steward, Young entered counseling to get to the root of his addiction problem, which goes back to his childhood. Young expressed that it has been a very challenging journey and one he’s still on today, but that he remains committed to his sobriety.
If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, help is available 24 hours a day through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Hotline at 1-800-662-4357.
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