Robert Downey Jr. Admits: My Son’s Drug Issues

Robert Downey Jr. is coming clean. In a revealing new interview, the actor admits that his past substance abuse issues could have played a role in his 20-year-old son Indio’s addictions.
Robert Downey Jr., 49, is taking responsibility for passing on his addictions to his son Indio, 20, who was arrested on a felony drug possession charge in June 2014. Indio has since entered rehab, something all too familiar to Robert, who spent nearly a year in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison from 1999 into 2000.



Robert Downey Jr. On Son’s Drug Issues: His Addiction Is A ‘Family Problem’
The actor spoke out about his troubled past in a new interview featured in the October 2014 issue of Vanity Fair.

Robert recalls an incident in 1996, when he was found unconscious in his neighbors’ 11-year-old son’s bed. He told Vanity Fair that this was, “an uncommon occurrence for me. Happened to be a very public one. I was not a guy who blacked out.” But this was just one glimpse into five dark years in Robert’s life that were filled with substance abuse, arrests and rehab.

Luckily, Robert finally overcame his drug issues and moved past the public scrutiny to become a tremendous success. But now he fears that he may have passed along his addictions to his son Indio.

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Robert Downey Jr. Admits: Indio Is His Father’s Son
Addictions can be inherited, or at least that’s how Robert feels about his own. Robert believes that Indio’s issues just might be a product of his genetics. “He’s his mother’s [Deborah Falconer] son and my son, and he’s come up the chasm much quicker than we did,” Robert told Rich Cohen of Vanity Fair. But he acknowledges that it’s more than just family issues.

The Iron Man is well aware of how technology has sped up children’s exposure to drugs, alcohol and other dangers. “But that’s typical in the Information Age; things get accelerated. Pick a dysfunction, and it’s a family problem,” he says. “You’re confronted with histories and predispositions and influences and feelings and unspoken traumas or needs that weren’t met, and all of a sudden you’re three miles into the woods.”

In spite of all this, Robert is hopeful that his son, a musician with sick guitar skills, will emerge from the woods stronger than ever. After all, Robert is a comeback kid if there ever was one. Hopefully Indio will follow in his father’s footsteps.

Indio drugs

Whats with the black case?

drug user =/= addict

ironman suit inside

Actor and the family always like that one .... if got money, sure Drugs would be their top food chain....

in angmo country drug possession/use = rehab, ppl give support
in asian country drug possession/use = jail/hang, name and shamed

go figure.

inb4 jaycee

Why does the black case look like the oculus rift box?

his son is handsome

+1

here got pusat serenti also what..

rich kids problem

This comment relates to my foreign sausages thread

why both pics his son tak sama muka?>

why both pics his son tak sama muka?>

Same goes to fappening.

In angmo country, sexy/nude pics of famous peoples leaked online, the peoples in the photographs won't be blamed, the one who hacked and leaked them will.

In Asian country, same case (like Edison last time), Edison and those girls have to make public apology. After all, they can take those photos in private.

i guess is like what they say "an apple doesn't fall far from the tree"

he have a son??