Overview

• The Book of Sheen publishes Sept. 9, followed by the two-part Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen on Sept. 10 after a recently released trailer.
• The documentary includes interviews with Denise Richards, Brooke Mueller, Jon Cryer, Chuck Lorre, and Sheen’s former drug dealer known as Tony.
• Sheen tells People he stopped drinking in 2017 after letting down a daughter and says he has remained sober and off drugs for about eight years.
• He describes the new projects as a restart rather than a comeback and speaks of recurring shame over past excesses.
• Recent steps include reconciling with Chuck Lorre and a cameo in Lorre’s Bookie, while his 2015 HIV disclosure was later tied by researchers to spikes in public searches for HIV information and testing.