Former Party of Five Star Opens Up About His Drug Battle - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-22-2010, 10:22 PM

The Party is over for Jeremy London, who is opening up to PEOPLE about the prescription pill addiction that jeopardized his career and his family.

The actor, who moved to Los Angeles in 1993 along with his identical twin brother Jason, says that his rise to fame – he played Griffin Holbrook on the hit series Party of Five and Chandler Hampton on 7th Heaven – lead to a dangerous tendency to abuse drugs.

"I was treated like royalty," says London, 37. "It was hard for my brain to accept."

London wed actress Melissa Cunningham in September 2006, and the couple welcomed their son Lyrik, now 3, soon thereafter. But he says that prescription pill abuse contributed to the demise of his marriage and career – and jeopardized his relationship with his son.

"There were times I didn't care if I died," he says. "I felt like I was losing everything."

http://www.people.com/people/news/0,,,00.html

catlover79 · 04-22-2010, 11:52 PM

I wish him nothing but the best on his road to recovery. Slightly off-topic, but was it Jeremy or Jason who played Sam Waterston's son on I'll Fly Away?

DJM77 · 06-15-2013, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

I wish him nothing but the best on his road to recovery. Slightly off-topic, but was it Jeremy or Jason who played Sam Waterston's son on I'll Fly Away?

It was Jeremy.

80sTrivia · 06-15-2013, 09:40 PM

Sad. I'm glad he is in recovery and hope he can have a healthy, loving relationship with his son.

04-22-2010, 10:22 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	Former Party of Five Star Opens Up About His Drug Battle The Party is over for Jeremy London, who is opening up to PEOPLE about the prescription pill addiction that jeopardized his career and his family. The actor, who moved to Los Angeles in 1993 along with his identical twin brother Jason, says that his rise to fame – he played Griffin Holbrook on the hit series Party of Five and Chandler Hampton on 7th Heaven – lead to a dangerous tendency to abuse drugs. "I was treated like royalty," says London, 37. "It was hard for my brain to accept." London wed actress Melissa Cunningham in September 2006, and the couple welcomed their son Lyrik, now 3, soon thereafter. But he says that prescription pill abuse contributed to the demise of his marriage and career – and jeopardized his relationship with his son. "There were times I didn't care if I died," he says. "I felt like I was losing everything." http://www.people.com/people/news/0,,,00.html
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80sTrivia Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2002 Posts: 21,715	Sad. I'm glad he is in recovery and hope he can have a healthy, loving relationship with his son.
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