Former bad-boy Jason says The Hills fuelled his cocaine addiction

Do you remember Jason from The Hills?

The former bad-boy whose relationship with Lauren made sure she was forever remembered as ‘the girl who didn’t go to Paris’ and then broke up with her anyway?

Well, Jason Wahler  who has previously struggled with addiction and faced multiple arrests is now proud to say he is five years sober and has launched a sober living home.

Speaking to FOX 411, Jason, 28, explained that while from the outside it seemed that he had everything anyone could ever want; “in reality everything was so miserable.”

“I had money; I had fame; I had cars; I had access and all this stuff, but I would be at my house — at my own party with a couple hundred people — in the bathroom, snorting cocaine and walk out with a beer and pretend everything was OK.” 

He went on to say that being on The Hills only added to his struggle with addiction:

It became a way of survival. I couldn’t function without drugs or alcohol. The entertainment side of things definitely added fuel to the fire, but addiction is a disease.”

Jason said that a phone call from his dad marked the turning point for him. He found the motivation to turn his life around when his family told him that they were waiting for the phone call to say he was dead.

“That was my motivation,” Jason said, “I really had nothing left.”

Now the former reality TV star is in a much better place as he had worked with Origins Behavioural Health and Widespread Recovery. The sober living home in Jason’s hometown of Laguna Beach California aims to provide its all-male residents with the support they need to increase their chances of maintaining long-term sobriety.