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That’s when Craig finally told Austen he’d quietly been struggling behind closed doors.<\/p>\n
“I can’t because I don’t have any leash on myself,” he admitted. “That’s any addict. I was like, ‘F–k, me trying not to be an alcoholic is now affecting my friendship with Austen.’ And that’s where I was coming from. Like, I have tears in my eyes because it’s real.”<\/p>\n
“I was in the trenches by myself trying to better my life and then you were like, ‘Oh, you’re never with me anymore,'” the 35-year-old continued. “I’m like, ‘Dude, I can’t. I gotta stay home on my couch, because if I leave my couch, I’m gonna drink a bottle of J\u00e4ger and do dumb s–t.'”<\/p>\n
The bombshell admission left Austen a bit stunned. As he told Craig, “The word ‘addict’ you’ve never used with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
And for Craig, he admitted that he never \u201csaid it out loud\u201d until seeing costar Shep Rose<\/strong> get blackout drunk during the cast trip to the Bahamas after being rejected by his then-love interest Sienna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, ‘This is why I don’t do it anymore,’\u201d Craig explained of his drinking. “I’m really lucky, dude. I’m lucky I got out of it. That’s why I can comment on Shep, he’s not out of it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n