addict. >> do you think you were especially susceptible to it? what was the appeal? >> it just made me feel like everything i was writing was awesome and i had all of this energy. my big fear when i stopped, will i be able to write anymore. >> do you think it was better at that period? >> i don't. even at hack level straight, it's worth it to be straight. >> sorkin has remained sober for 11 years, these days the most powerful influence is his 11-year-old daughter roxie. >> she is amazing. fatherhood lives up to the hype. it does. it's the greatest thing in the world. she is just now starting to watch some of the things that i've written and it's kind of frightening. i want her to like it and i'm worried she's going to be bored by it. i'm also worried that she's going to worry that she's going to hurt my feelings if she doesn't love it. >> that's so aaron sorkin, a