Overview

• Sheen, 60, told Good Morning America that drinking once “softened the edges” of a lifelong stutter and gave him a sense of speaking freedom.
• He said he stopped hiding his speech impediment after joining Spin City in 2000 and urged others to be vulnerable and ask for help.
• Promoting The Book of Sheen out Tuesday and the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen on Wednesday, he revisited decades of substance use including alcohol, crack and prescription pills.
• He recounted relapsing during Two and a Half Men, entering rehab in 2010, and being fired in 2011 after a public meltdown and dispute with creator Chuck Lorre, who appears in the film.
• He described revealing private sexual encounters with men and paying to keep them secret, and said he has remained sober since 2017; the documentary features voices including Denise Richards, Jon Cryer, Sean Penn and Heidi Fleiss.