Charlie Sheen's new documentary is just the tip of the iceberg.

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If you were online in 2011, you'll remember the crash and burn of Charlie Sheen. His now iconic interview with ABC's Andrea Canning gave us the catchphrases "Winning" and "Tiger Blood."

Sheen, now 60, found fame in the late 80s with his performances in Platoon and Wall Street. His "bad boy" persona and marriage to Denise Richards were perfect tabloid fodder. By the 2000s, Sheen had cemented himself in Hollywood with his role in the sitcom Two and a Half Men. But his erratic behaviour and partying finally caught up with him, and he was fired. The match was lit. Bye bye $2 million dollar paycheck, hello dumpster fire downfall.

Almost 15 years later, and aka: Charlie Sheen dropped on Netflix just a day after his memoir "The Book Of Sheen." I watched the documentary, then I read the book. Well, I listened to it, but it's voiced by Sheen, so it still counts.

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He wasn't really a nepo baby.

Despite being the son of acclaimed actor Martin Sheen, Charlie and his three siblings, Emilio Estevez (yes, the hero of The Mighty Ducks), Ramon, and Renee grew up very modestly.

Martin Sheen and Janet Templetton met in 1961, well before Martin's career skyrocketed. Janet, the supportive housewife, and Martin, the struggling actor. Money was always tight, and the family moved a lot.

The Sheen crew even travelled to Manila to be on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Maybe not the best set for a 10-year-old to be running around on, but Sheen's love of film making was cemented.

He was childhood friends with Sean Penn.

Most of his childhood was spent in Malibu making movies on a Super 8 camera. The crew included Emilio as director, along with Sean and Chris Penn. Their home movies were often filled with faux murder and violence, a theme Sheen credits to seeing his dad die so many times on screen.

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He was originally cast as the Karate Kid.

After failing high school, Sheen jumped straight into acting and gained success almost immediately. He was offered the iconic role that eventually made Ralph Macchio famous, but his dad convinced him to decline because he had already committed to another (rather terrible) movie.

Mirroring his father's breakout role in Apocalypse Now, Sheen was cast in Oliver Stone's Platoon. The role, which was originally offered to his older brother Emilio, made him a star. Talk about sibling rivalry.

His partying days included The Brat Pack, Nicholas Cage and a lot of sex workers.

Sheen admits his wild ways started young. He lost his virginity to a sex worker in Vegas at 16 and was a tag-along member of The Brat Pack, thanks to his brother Emilio. He spent long nights with Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, and Demi Moore at all of the Hollywood hotspots.

As he gained success, he intensified his partying, adding Nicholas Cage into the mix. He busted out of his first rehab stint so he could attend a Hawaiian Tropics Bikini contest. More drugs, more alcohol, and more sex workers. Sheen describes Cage as his "partner in crime."

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His drug use went well beyond cocaine and alcohol.

Sheen admits that cocaine and alcohol were his drugs of choice, but his addiction escalated well beyond the two. A sex worker encouraged him to try smoking crack cocaine, a nurse he was dating injected him with a sedative (described in the memoir as close to heroin), and he regularly used prescription painkillers.

Clint Eastwood, Slash, and Rob Lowe were part of his interventions.

With seven stints in rehab, Charlie Sheen was no stranger to an intervention.

His first in 1990 included a call from Clint Eastwood telling him he was "worth saving." A simple "go ahead, make my day" would have been cooler, but hey.

In 1998, while "on the lam" after violating his probation, Sheen holed up with rocker Slash and actress Mira Sorvino, who encouraged him to get treatment. If Slash tells you that you're out of control, you should probably listen.

Sheen claims that during this visit, Mira offered to have sex with him if he got the help he needed — an offer he apparently declined. She has not yet commented on the claims.

A hair appointment is the reason he got sober 8 years ago.

Every sobriety story has its "rock bottom," but even after losing his career, his three marriages, and multiple run-ins with the law, that still wasn't enough to stop Sheen.

The moment that it finally clicked was in 2017 when his daughter Sami Sheen (his eldest child with Denise Richards) called him to take her to a hair appointment. It was early in the morning, and Sheen admits he was already intoxicated. Instead of driving drunk, he asked his friend Tony to take them. That drive was the moment.

"It was the drive back that broke my f*cking heart." Catching glimpses of her in the side mirror, he noticed her sadness and confusion as to why it wasn't just her and her dad. Sheen continues, "Just in that moment, after that moment, thinking back on that moment, it felt like I let her down."

He has been sober since.

Despite his sobriety, it feels like he still hasn't taken full responsibility for the pain he has caused.

While both the documentary and the memoir give us insight into the rollercoaster of Charlie Sheen's life, one thing I felt was significantly glossed over was a sense of responsibility. Sure, there were moments of genuine regret, but not telling partners about his HIV diagnosis (even though he said the disease was undetectable) is wrong. Using his fame and money to weasel out of so many precarious situations is entitled, but I think his Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer put it best.

"Part of the cycle of Charlie Sheen's life is he messes up terribly, he hits rock bottom, then he gets things going again and he brings a lot of positivity into his life, and that's when he burns himself out again and he just can't help set that house on fire," Cryer said.

His life was chaotic, and the voyeuristic part of me loved the wild stories of partying with celebrities and busting out of rehabs. On the other hand, I really do hope this is the redemption of Charlie Sheen — because what is very clear to me is that he has a lot of people in his life who really care for him, and they deserve a sober Sheen.

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