You really get personal about your drug issues in your book (which is out today). What's been the most poignant part of writing it?
"I feel like sometimes people get thrown away, like a lost cause, but everyone around me was like 'we will not let this person go.' My mom, my friend Trish, my friends from theater school, it was very much like I had a lot of hands extended to me, and a lot of kindness shown to me in that period of my life, by very special people. And I hope it comes across in my book that I actually do believe in angels. That's why my book is dedicated to my mom, my sister, my grandmother Ruby, and all the other strong women in my life, because I have constantly been surrounded by these ladies — and I'm not talking about women in Manhattan, these are just real strong women. These are not city girls, these are small town Canadian legit ladies.

Like, I remember my kindergarten teacher in the '80s telling my mom, 'your kid is really special, but he is going to have a tough road in front of him; don't ever let him change," and my mom understanding that advice when I was so young. I never changed, she refused to let me. They always encouraged me to be the way I am. All of those people who supported me literally saved my life."

Photography by Mike Rosenthal