Nico Tortorella is opening up about his sobriety journey.

The Younger actor, 37, explained to Us Weekly exclusively how becoming sober allowed him to create a family with wife Bethany C. Meyers, with whom he shares daughter Kilmer Dove, 2, and son Pesce Pearl, 13 months.

“Bethany and I have known each other for, I mean, we’re coming up on 20 years,” Tortorella said while discussing his kratom-infused brewski, DER. “We’ve always talked about having a family. I had to get sober to realize that dream. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I kept drinking. I probably wouldn’t be married. I definitely wouldn’t have kids.”

Younger’s Nico Tortorella and Bethany Meyers Welcome Baby No. 2

The City on Fire actor, who got sober in 2015 after finishing season one of Younger, credits Meyers, 39, for he

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