American actor and comedian Rob Delaney has said he is "overwhelmed and grateful" to mark 20 years of sobriety.
The Catastrophe star best known as playing Sharon Horgan's other half and co-writer, marked the milestone in his recovery and reflected on how his life is now "unrecognisable" from previously being in jail and in a wheelchair in a Twitter message.
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The Deadpool star said: "Hi there, as of today I have been sober for 20 years, which is a long time – It's almost two decades.
"And I’m shocked and overwhelmed and grateful.
"20 years ago I was in jail in a wheelchair and now I’m on a couch, with a lovely quilt and my life is unrecognisable. "
The Home Alone star, who is married with three children, lost a son Henry to a brain tumour in 2018.
Delaney compared the grief he feels over the loss of his child to his previous battle with alcoholism, saying: "For me, getting sober some years ago, and then dealing with depression after being sober for a while, those were kicking around the football on a dusty pitch that was the warm-up for the f****** world cup of losing a child.
"So I am grateful that I had been tenderised and slapped around by some other things, yes. Because I'm barely surviving this, and I think those things might be making the difference. So thank goodness they happened."
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