John Stamos continues to open up about his experience with alcoholism.
Stamos, who plays a family counselor on the Hulu series “UnPrisoned,” recently confessed to Page Six that one person saved his life and helped guide him toward sobriety.
“I wouldn’t be here [without him]” Stamos said of his relationship with celebrity therapist Phil Stutts.
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John Stamos credits his therapist for saving his life. (Getty Images)
Jonah Hill was so impressed with Stutz that he produced a Netflix documentary about the therapist in 2022, “Stutz.”
Stamos said he has known Stutz for “almost 20 years.”
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“He was so dedicated to helping me get sober,” the “Full House” star said. “When I first went to Stutz’s he said, ‘You know, if you weren’t such a jerk, you’d realize how blessed you are,’ and I was like, ‘You’re right.'”
A representative for Stamos did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
John Stamos struggled with drug addiction for years before finally breaking free from it. (Stephen Ferdman/Getty Images)
The General Hospital actor detailed his experience with alcoholism and his June 2015 arrest for drunk driving in his 2023 memoir, “If You Would Have Told Me.”
“When I first went to Stutz he said, ‘You know, if you weren’t such a fool you’d realize how blessed you are.’ And I was like, ‘Exactly.'”
“I needed to sober up. I had too much to drink,” Stamos told People magazine. “I was just depressed, I wasn’t high. I was just surrounded by people I shouldn’t be around.”
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With the help of his family, he entered a rehab facility in July 2015.
Stamos played the role of Uncle Jesse on Full House. (American broadcasting company)
“I hated it. [rehab]”I really hated how I felt, I hated letting people down, I hated myself, I hated looking in the mirror and thinking, ‘This is not who my parents raised me to be. What am I doing? Who is this idiot?’ I was so ashamed,” he admitted on Mayim Bailyk’s podcast.
“I had everything growing up. I had a great childhood. I had no excuse for ruining my life. But I did, and I’m sick of it.”
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While promoting his book, Stamos admitted that he once didn’t care if he died.
“I had Peter Pan syndrome, which is a dangerous condition,” he told “CBS Mornings.” “For a long time, when I wasn’t sober or I was in a daze, I thought, ‘I’ve done it all.’ I don’t want to commit suicide, I don’t want to, I don’t want to, but I don’t mind dying.
Stamos married his wife, Caitlin McHugh, in February 2018, and the couple have a son named Billy. (Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
“I don’t care if I die tomorrow,” Stamos admitted. “What was I thinking? I haven’t done it all yet. I haven’t done it all yet. I’m not even close.”
But therapy changed his life – so much so that Stamos even recommended his late Fuller House co-star Bob Saget to see a therapist.
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“[Bob] “He drove me crazy,” Stamos told Page Six. [when we first met]and I said, ‘If you want to be my friend, go to therapy.’ So he went to Stutz, and Stutz helped him, too.”
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Oberhaltz contributed to this report.
