Colin Farrell told a BBC talk show how he "was dying" before he checked into rehab nearly three years ago and was "fairly drunk and high for 16 years." Farrell went to rehab for alcohol and substance abuse in December 2005 for five weeks.
On Jonathan Ross's talk show Farrell said of his emergence post-rehab:
"I came back into the world and everything was in a degree of focus that I hadn't experienced... Desperation will allow you to do incredible things...
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