Danny Trejo commemorated his 55th year of sobriety on Wednesday. The actor got sober in 1968 after finding his faith while incarcerated in a California prison.
Before Trejo landed his first acting role in 1985's"Runaway Train," he was a convicted felon who struggled with drugs and violence. The Los Angeles native first smoked marijuana when he was 8 years old, was drinking by age 12, became a heroin addict as a teenager and did stints in some of America’s most notorious prisons.and found God.He continued,"It seemed like I did better, but there was still something missing.
"But I had to do it," Trejo added."I had to get clean. I wouldn’t have gotten to this point in my life if I didn’t take that step. I would have just stayed the same person." "Now, I tell my kids I love them every day. I’ll call them up and say, ‘I love you, and you’re the apple of my eye.’ I guess I’m doing everything my parents didn’t do. And yet, I refuse to blame them. That was what they knew."Trejo is father to son Danny, 42, who he shares with his ex-girlfriend, Diana Walton, as well as son Gilbert, 35, and daughter Danielle, 33, from his relationship with ex Maeve Crommie."First of all, I made a deal with God in 1968," he recalled.
He continued,"I never thought I was getting out of prison. And God let me out of prison. I got out on Aug. 23, 1969. I have to say that with God, nothing can hurt you. Anything is possible. Without God, you’re dead. And I know I would be without the faith I have."Trejo turned to faith when he was being kept in solitary confinement after hitting a guard in the head with a rock during a prison riot.
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