Jason Biggs says fatherhood and his wife provided the wake-up call that led to sobriety.
Appears on The view On Friday, the 47-year-old actor gave his wife, Jenny Mollen, a shoutout for helping him face his addiction and take steps toward lasting change.
Asked by co-host Sunny Hostin when he knew it was time to change, Biggs said his struggle was not defined by a single dramatic incident, but by an ongoing mental battle.
While he acknowledged he was “lucky” not to have hit a very public low point, he said the internal toll was undeniable.
“The snakes in my head never went away,” Biggs explained, describing the obsessive thoughts that became increasingly overwhelming. He said his addiction left him unable to concentrate, be present or fully engage with his life.
The turning point came when Mollen became pregnant with their first child. Biggs said the reality of becoming a father forced him to face what his future could look like if he didn’t change. The couple, who married in 2008, now share two sons, Sid, 11, and Lazlo, 8.
Biggs added that while many say sobriety should start “for yourself,” he believes any reason to start is valid.
“They say you have to sober up for yourself. I agree and disagree,” Biggs said. “I believe that when you first get sober, whatever the reason is, it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s for someone else, for your family – ‘Jenny was pregnant, I need to get sober’ – whatever it is.”
He continued, “I think in order to stay sober, you have to do it for yourself,” he continued. “So that’s what made me do it. What keeps me there is that I have to do it for myself. The advice is: ask for help.”
Biggs has been sober since 2017 and publicly marked his first year of sobriety earlier in 2018.
