Paula Patton says her son played a crucial role in supporting her when she made one of her life's biggest decisions.

Patton, who stars as a woman dealing with addiction in the new movie “Finding Faith,” credits her son, Julian , 15, for helping her when she decided to get sober.

“My son, he is my best friend,” she said of Julian, whom she shares with ex-husband Robin Thicke, on the 3rd Hour of TODAY Aug. 7. “Listen, so when I got sober, it just changed my life. He and our neighbor … they were my two best friends. And I got to live life again, like a kid through him and her, and it gives you all the reasons to want to live.”

Patton, who has also starred in “Hitch,” “Precious” and “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” said this new role in “Finding Faith” spoke to her.

“A lot of thin

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