Martin Sheen on Charlie Sheen's drug use

"When a life is at stake and it's your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you just become fanatic," Martin, who himself is a recovering alcoholic, says in the July/August issue of AARP magazine. "Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic."

Martin Sheen turned Charlie Sheen into the authorities after he violated his probation by using drugs.

"The only way I got to Charlie, frankly, was because he'd skipped out of the hospital. I had to pay the bill," Martin, confesses. "In paying the bill, I got to see why he was in there. He'd consumed an illegal substance; he was on probation; he was not allowed to have these substances. This was a criminal matter. And so that was the wedge; that was the leverage I had. That is what I took to the court; that's what I took to the sheriff. It was the only way I got him."

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