Editing Colin Farrell (section)

===Drug addiction and sobriety===
Farrell said in an interview that "[He had] been drunk or high since [he] was 14."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandler |first=Josh |date=2021-04-28 |title=Celebrities in Recovery: How Colin Farrell Prevented Relapse After Rehab |url=https://musetreatment.com/blog/colin-farrell-back-to-alcohol-rehab/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Muse Treatment |language=en-US |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811113817/https://musetreatment.com/blog/colin-farrell-back-to-alcohol-rehab/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2005, he checked into a rehabilitation centre for addictions to [[Recreational drug use|recreational drugs]] and [[Analgesic|painkillers]].<ref name="CBS news">{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colin-farrell-rehab-was-horrible/ | location=New York | work=CBS News | title=Colin Farrell: 'Rehab Was Horrible' | first=Judy | last=Faber | date=11 February 2009 | access-date=20 April 2020 | archive-date=19 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019154531/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-1832247.html | url-status=live }}</ref> He commented on the topic during an interview on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' after leaving rehab,<ref name="CBS news" /> and continued later to talk about it.<ref name="Details3" /><ref name="Tele">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8157894/Colin-Farrell-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8157894/Colin-Farrell-interview.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Colin Farrell interview |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Horatia |last=Harrod |date=29 November 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He said, "There was an energy that was created, a character that was created, that no doubt benefited me... then there was a stage where it all began to crumble around me."<ref name="Tele" />

Farrell has been sober since leaving the rehab centre in 2006, and has credited his sobriety to his elder son James.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDiD8Z3lWQk |title=Colin Farrell Opens Up About His Son With Angelman Syndrome {{!}} PEOPLE |date=2024-08-07 |last=People |access-date=2024-08-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In 2018, he voluntarily checked himself into rehab, as a "preemptive measure", in order to maintain his sobriety.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=Colin Farrell checks into rehab after 12 years sobriety as a 'preemptive' measure |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/colin-farrell-checks-into-rehab-after-12-years-sobriety-as-a-preemptive-measure/36774029.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Irish Independent |language=en |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917130151/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/colin-farrell-checks-into-rehab-after-12-years-sobriety-as-a-preemptive-measure/36774029.html |url-status=live }}</ref>