Following his 2015 DUI, John Stamos continued to drink in an effort to “forget what just happened”

John Stamos stated that he “never sobered up” after his DUI in 2015.

“When I got the DUI… I came home from the hospital that night, sat down, and drank a bottle of wine just to forget what had happened,” Stamos, 60, told in an interview published on Wednesday, December 20, disclosing the “disappointing” circumstances of his previous indiscretion.

John Stamos was arrested for driving under the influence in June 2015.

“When you sober up, you have to look at the ugly truth, so you keep drinking,” John Stamos explained, adding that after his incarceration, he immediately began filming My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. “I was kind of just loosely buzzed through the shooting of that movie.”

Stamos previously described his DUI as a “wake-up call,” saying that it “changed everything” in his life. (In November of that year, Stamos pled no guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to three years probation, according to NBC News.)

“I drove like a fool, and I wasn’t sober.” “I was driving around Beverly Hills,” Stamos said in October on the podcast “Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist.” “And looking back, I thought, ‘Oh my God, I could’ve killed someone.'” ‘What a terrible day.'”

In his memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, released earlier this year, the Full House veteran discussed his former drug battles and sober path. Stamos stated in 2015 that he went “off the rails” because he was still dealing with his father’s death in 2001 and the breakdown of his marriage to Rebecca Romijn in 2005.

“I’m burning my throat with liquor, burning bridges with arrogance, and burning the candle at both ends,” that’s what he wrote in the book. “I miss my father, and my marriage has fallen apart, but it’s the death of my mother, Loretta, nine months ago, that has sent me into a tailspin.” For the most of my life, she kept me rooted, steady, and straight. Without her, I feel lost and alone. Empty.”

Stamos’ mother died in September 2014.

The actor said in the book that both of his parents “enjoyed imbibing regularly.” When it came to booze, however, they “functioned well and never considered stopping.”

Stamos also mentioned his ability to sober up “at the drop of a hat,” referring to his addiction.

“I meticulously plan everything out on my calendar: Stop drinking.” “I’ll quit cold turkey on Saturday morning, lie in bed, and sweat it out over the weekend,” he wrote. “Occasionally extending into Monday, if not Tuesday.” Cancel a few appointments, do some exercise, and get back to fighting weight. When Monday morning arrives, I’ll be there looking like a million bucks, clean-shaven, bright-eyed, and stone sober till the work is done.”