Charlie Sheen talks about his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir

Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago.

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"It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing," Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he "finally put down the bottle," his children started coming to his home.

Sheen sat down with actor and writer David Duchovny during an event at 92nd Street Y, New York on Monday to discuss the writing process behind his memoir, "The Book of Sheen," his journey through sobriety and his passion for acting.

The actor battled addiction throughout his decades-long career. Writing about it candidly, as he does in his book set to be released Tuesday, took years of self-reflection, he said.

Sheen grew up on film sets and began creating home movies as a young child, before getting his big break starring in movies like "Platoon" and "Wall Street." His decorated career in Hollywood, however, was accompanied by decades of drug abuse, legal battles, an HIV diagnosis and messy divorces.

"I'm a good guy," Sheen said. "Good guys sometimes do some bad things but the only way to stay a good guy is to own that (expletive) and move forward."