Josh Brolin marks eight years of ‘most punk-rock sobriety ever’ with emotional message

Josh Brolin shared a sweet message to celebrate the milestone (Picture:@joshbrolin/Getty)

Josh Brolin has marked eight years of sobriety, with the actor celebrating everything that it’s brought him.

The Marvel star posted a snap of himself, sharing the love for his wife and children as he reflected on the last eight years.

‘Sobriety is finally loving without every thought being about how it affects only you,’ the 53-year-old said.

‘Sobriety is a moment of being able to love and be consumed by the glee it brings someone else. Sobriety is knowing the difference between selfishness and integrity.

‘Sobriety is knowing that God is in everything and that it is made up of every color (and mixture of color) that exists. Sobriety is knowing the moon late at night when she was there for you in your toughest hour and, now, again, her witnessing your greatest joys.

‘Sobriety is climbing in your truck for a 6am call after 8 years of sobriety and there being a card from your wife telling you how grateful she is for you having made the decision to put it down and to live instead accompanied by a collage board of your children — what was created because of that decision.

‘And sobriety is when your children look at you and trust what they see (you can see it in their pupils, and the way they stand before you) — that they know they are not being cultivated into some idea but celebrated for the original garden they are growing into.

‘Sobriety is about living better than your remembrance of what your greatest drunk ever was — an everyday malleability into gratitude for what is. None of this is deserved. All of it is perception. Thank you God, family, and friends for the most punk rock sobriety imaginable. #deeplygrateful #westsidesobriety.’

The actor most recently starred in Dune (Picture: Warner Bros)

Fans and friends are thrilled for him, with Justin Timberlake commenting: ‘Punk Rock Sober!! Love it. 🙌🏻’ while Orlando Bloom commented three praising hands emoji.

Dune actor Josh has four children, welcoming his second with his wife Kathryn on Christmas Day last year.

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The joyous news was announced on Instagram by the model, who uploaded two adorable pictures of her daughter to the social media site. The first photo showed the little one looking snug under a blanket and having a snooze.

‘❤️Baby Chapel❤️Born at 6:20 pm on 12/25/20 Our little Christmas evening angel…Chapel Grace Brolin,’ Kathryn captioned the snap.

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