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Sorkin's Drug Confessionals
Nearly two months after The West Wing's Emmy-winning creator was sentenced for his April airport drug bust, Sorkin is continuing to make the media rounds--coming clean about his drug past and expressing regret for the Oval Office drama's recent string of bad publicity.
In interviews with both Talk magazine and TV Guide, Sorkin admits that he's dabbled with rock cocaine fewer than five times over the past two years--a far cry from his pre-rehab days, when he disappeared on cocaine-smoking binges while writing the 1995 movie The American President.
"There was no way to hide it," he tells Talk magazine, in its September issue. "I had cut off the entire world. Literally I would sit in the hotel room and close the curtains and put the 'do not disturb' sign on the door. I wouldn't be with anyone. Wouldn't talk with anyone on the phone. You couldn't get me out for a slice of pizza. I looked terrible. If you did see me, it was going to be when I was crashing from it, so I was going to be jittery or angry."
Sorkin's friends, including Reiner, later convinced him to enter rehab at Minnesota's Hazelden Institute. Since that time, Sorkin says his sobriety has only been challenged by occasional drug use, including pot-smoking to relieve stress or celebrate.
But his very public relapse came April 15, when Sorkin was arrested at the Burbank Airport after guards found cocaine, marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms in his carry-on bag. The 40-year-old producer later pleaded guilty to drug charges and was ordered to enter a 20-week drug diversion program, which includes random drug testing.
Since then, Sorkin has separated from his wife and has been working hard to do damage control. He's talked openly with reporters and appeared at NBC's recent press tour for the Television Critics Association. "It's been a summer of bad publicity for the show, and it's almost entirely my fault," Sorkin tells Talk.
His return to The West Wing also included a rumored run-in with the show's Commander-in-Chief, Martin Sheen. The New York Post reported that Sheen threatened to quit the show unless Sorkin got more serious about rehab. But Sorkin insists Sheen's approach was much more fatherly.
"Martin felt I was trying to skate this somehow," Sorkin says, regarding his original not guilty plea. He adds that Sheen offered to "leave this show and help you, if that's what it takes."
Sorkin, meanwhile, insists that he's learned a tough lesson. "This has been such a public nightmare for me, there's no possibility that I would mess with this or take any chances," he says.
"I realized after a week or so that I'm really no longer going to be the guy who wrote A Few Good Men. I'm going to be the guy who got into drug trouble."
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