Kristen Bell Believes Dax Shepard's Addiction Opened Her Eyes

Dax candidly shared about his drug and alcohol addiction in an interview with Playboy, "I just loved to get f----d up—drinking, cocaine, opiates, marijuana, diet pills, pain pills, everything. Mostly my love was Jack Daniel's and cocaine. I was famous for going out on Thursday night to have a couple of beers, and that just led all the way to Saturday night...I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people. Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn't go to jail."

Kristen and Dax have been married since 2013 and while they both have been publicly open about their marital ups and downs, their openness and ability to communicate with one another has been key to their relationship. The actress told Bustle, "I need to remind people that you don't just find one person and then it's all peaches and cream for the rest of your life. Marriage and a relationship is hard work, and it's a lot of compromise. But if you compromise a lot, it's worth it."

She also told Good Housekeeping that she credits couples counseling with helping her marriage to Dax stay strong.

"You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe," she explained. "Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about."

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