Rob Lowe says Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler played a ''big part'' in his sobriety when he called him ''two or three weeks'' into his battle to offer his support.
The 55-year-old actor, who stopped drinking alcohol 30 years ago, said the 71-year-old rocker was instrumental in his decision to quit alcohol.
Speaking to People, The Holiday in the Wild star said: ''When I first got sober, [I thought], 'My life is over. The fun is done. I'm not going to be cool'. I was probably sober two or three weeks maybe and I got a phone call from Steven Tyler, who I did not know.
''He called me and said, 'I heard you're in recovery and I just wanted to say hey, you're going to do great.'
''I thought, 'If it's good enough for Steven Tyler, it's good enough for me.' He's a big part of who I am today.''
The former Parks and Recreations star said seeing the Crazy hitmaker as someone who could enjoy life without drugs or alcohol made him realise it was possible to ''turn a new page and have an even better life''.
He said: ''I was so excited that I could still be cool and not have to be the life of the party.
''And that there was a great club of people in the world who have had fun, killed it, been there done and were willing and able to turn a new page and have an even better life. That's actually more fun and exciting.''
The ex West Wing star, who has two sons with wife Sheryl Berkoff, hasn't drank alcohol since 1990, but he previously admitted that every decade, he finds another vice he needs to ''get rid off''.
''Every 10 years of sobriety, I find something else I have to get rid of," he said. "I never thought I'd have a junk food thing but at the moment I find myself in the pantry at 3.30am eating Doritos and cheese strings, washed down by a Coke, and it's everything I love: it's secret, so satisfying, and a little self-destructive.''
