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‘I doubt I’d be alive’: how beating addiction saved actor Steve Bastoni We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Actor Steve Bastoni reckons it’s high time Australia acknowledges that, for many, alcohol has become a way of trying to cope with stress. “It puts a BandAid on an axe wound — it’s crazy. We know from watching a bloody pot on a stove that if you suppress something, it will boil over.” Best-known for roles in Police Rescue and Neighbours, Bastoni is happy to speak on the record about his struggles with addiction. Until nearly 40, he was trying to self-medicate with various substances. The turning point was having his son and finding recovery. “The first step of that is obviously admitting you’ve got a problem, and the second part is reaching out for help – which is the hardest part.”

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