Paula Patton went on a "wild but amazing" journey after getting sober

Speaking on the Big Tigger Morning Show radio programme in Atlanta, she said: "Seven years ago, I got sober and life took me on a journey which was wild but amazing.

"When you get sober, it's so funny, I just had this epiphany that I had made a choice like, it was family, it was my life, or chaos to be honest."

Paula gave up drinking when she wanted to spend time with her son before filming a movie in London.

She recalled: "I said, 'I can't do it.' But then, in that moment, I said if I do this, 'I'm going to stop drinking.'

"So once that happened, you go down a path and all of the masks that you wear, right like all the things that fill your ego, they drop away."

Despite making a positive decision for herself, Paula lost "friends" and work began to "fall away", making it a "really challenging" time.

She said: "So you have to find your way through it to find out who you truly are, and that can be really challenging. There's a lot of time alone, you know, and having to face myself and memories and such."

Ultimately, the Warcraft actress' sobriety brought a newfound "joy" into her life and drew her closer to Julian.

She added: "But then on the other side was this joy, just joy for being a mother, a joy of life.

"Suddenly, I just had this childlike experience, where I started to see everything through my kid's eyes. Because he's my best friend.

"It was like being born again."