Editing Andrew McCarthy (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Dolores Rice Andrew McCarthy Shankbone 2010 NYC.jpg|thumb|McCarthy with wife Dolores Rice at the premiere of ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'', 2010]]

In 1992, McCarthy entered a detoxification program and has been sober since that time.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-26-mccarthy-alcoholism_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Andrew McCarthy discusses his alcoholism | date=March 26, 2004 | access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> In 2004, he announced that he once had a serious [[Alcoholism|alcohol problem]], which began at age 12.

On October 9, 1999, McCarthy married his college sweetheart Carol Schneider almost 20 years after they first dated. He later stated his reasons for tracking her down after they had drifted apart: "I ran into someone who said they had seen Carol and her boyfriend and they seemed really happy, and for some reason it bothered me for a week. I called her and asked her if she was really with this guy and asked her out for coffee." In 2002, Schneider gave birth to a son, [[Sam McCarthy (actor)|Sam]], who also became an actor. McCarthy and Schneider divorced in 2005.

On August 28, 2011, McCarthy married Irish writer and director Dolores Rice. They have two children, Willow and Rowan.<ref name=usat_2008>{{cite news|last=Freydkin|first=Donna|title='Pretty' heartthrob Andrew McCarthy loves his 'Lipstick'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-19-mccarthy-lipstick_N.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=August 28, 2011|date=March 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Reinstein|first=Mara|date=2021-05-07|title=Andrew McCarthy on Life in the 'Brat Pack', Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Reconnecting With Molly Ringwald and Living in the Now|url=https://parade.com/1205828/maramovies/andrew-mccarthy-memoir/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|language=en}}</ref>