While promoting his new film Neighbors 2, Zac Efron spoke with Elle Magazine on how he overcame drug and alcohol addiction.
Despite having several films under his belt and being the heartthrob of millions of little girls in 2013, Zac felt like his career was a joke and succumbed to people’s opinions of him, saying
“At the time, even a teenager’s opinion of me was pretty low. I wouldn’t say I was a fan of my work, you know?”
Zac would Google what the world was saying about him daily: “There was a moment when my morning routine was, like, Get up and Google yourself. But that stopped, dramatically and instantly, probably three years ago.”
Three years ago, Zac found himself in rehab after battling an alcohol and cocaine addiction.
“I realized that viewing yourself through other people’s pictures is not living your own life. I wasn’t really being myself. A lot of my hobbies had gone out the window. I couldn’t skateboard or surf for fear of being followed. Crossing the line of fear is what leads to greatness.”
See more of the interview HERE.