LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Sorkin, creator of "The West Wing" TV series, said he used cocaine and smoked marijuana before his April drug arrest despite assertions by friends that it represented a one-time lapse.

"It wasn't the first time, but it wasn't the fifth time, either," Sorkin says in Talk magazine's September issue. He did not depend on drugs to relieve the pressure of writing the Emmy-winning NBC drama, Sorkin said.

"If you use drugs long enough you forget how to celebrate without them," he said. He has used rock cocaine "fewer than a handful of times" over the past few years and never when he's writing, he told Talk. He smoked marijuana "from time to time," Sorkin, 39, said.

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He said he's vowed there will be no more slip-ups and is adhering to his court-ordered diversion program that includes random tests for illegal substances.

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