Mel Gibson speaks out about his battle with alcohol addiction

According to The Sun, the actor has revealed that he wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for Alcoholics Anonymous, which he says he has spent many years attending.

He told Good Weekend: “I’ve had to do that stuff, otherwise you don’t survive.”

He added: “They call it the spiritual path for the psychopath.

“They say there’s only three options: you go insane, you die or you quit. That’s the harsh reality. I’m an old hand at that.”

The Australian actor admitted he completed the 12 step program following incidents in 2006 and 2010.

The 60-year-old’s revelations come just as recordings from a reportedly “drunken fight” with his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva come back into the spotlight because of an ongoing legal battle.

Mel said he now felt the drama was “more than half over” and he was finding “a sense of ease” by “not letting it get to (him)” and “being good to (him)self”.

The Mad Max star was famously dumped by his agent and shunned by some of Hollywood after he went on his notorious long anti-Semitic rant after being pulled over for drink driving.

Since 2005 he only has six acting credits to his name.

Speaking about the perils of fame, the 80s heart-throb said: “You’ve lost a very precious thing and that’s your anonymity.

“That’s part of it; now I get that. But you don’t sign the deal that says you have no more rights.

“You don’t sign a piece of paper that says people can say anything they want about you, in public, and there’s nothing legally you can do about it. You get all kinds of stuff. It’s a bit of a rude awakening.”

The Braveheart star is now set to appear in new mob movie, Blood Father.

This article was originally published on The Sun