Christian Slater admits he was suicidal on the August 1997 night he got drunk and high on cocaine before a scuffle with police that led to his arrest.
"After the fight, I tried to kill myself by jumping off the balcony," Slater says in the December issue of Rolling Stone. "They pulled me back in. Not thinking clearly - not thinking at all - having chemicals affecting my brain, I just wanted to end it."After his arrest, Slater entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, where he learned to control his negative behavior with positive thinking.
"I've been a guy who's been in reaction to life, never really in action," Slater said. "My disease has been in charge, in my opinion, of every decision I make."