Colin Farrell opens up to Ellen DeGeneres on Monday about his estranged first love—drugs and alcohol. The actor has been clean and sober since his 2005 stint in rehab and has since made being dry a “way of life.”

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We all remember the bumbling, drunky Colin only a few short years back. He was the hot, Irish actor that, no doubt, served as a walking travel advertisement for his homeland—come to Ireland, hang out in pubs, and party with a bunch of sex-obsessed rogues like me. Or maybe that’s just what I took away from it…