Bradley Cooper says he's 'exceptionally fortunate' to be level-headed after illicit drug use almost killed him

Bradley Cooper is feeling "extremely fortunate" that he figured out how to beat addictions that almost ended his life many years prior.

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Cooper, 48, let Grylls know that he "got clearheaded" at age 29 following a weighty chronic drug use.

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The Oscar candidate, 48, focused on his balance in a new episode of Public Geographic's "Going crazy With Bear Grylls: The Test."

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The entertainer, imagined in 2002, fought a weighty medication and liquor dependence in the mid 2000s.

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During his open visit with the English swashbuckler, Cooper said he almost experienced a comparable backslide in 2011.

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