After 8 years of sobriety, Josh Brolin explains what it means

Josh Brolin is celebrating eight years of sobriety on social media.

On Monday, the actor who portrays the Marvel Cinematic Universe supervillain Thanos officially marked the special milestone years of being sober by sharing a photo of his younger self in a lengthy Instagram post saying what it means to him and then ending with him thanking his friends and family for “the most punk rock sobriety imaginable”

“Sobriety is finally loving without every thought being about how it affects only you. Sobriety is a moment of being able to love and be consumed by the glee it brings someone else. Sobriety is knowing the difference between selfishness and integrity,” he began the post.

The 53-year-old son of actor James Brolin went on to list the joys of being sober, including, “Climbing in your truck for a 6am call after 8 years of sobriety and there being a card from your wife telling you how grateful she is for having made the decision to put it down,” and how “your children look at you and trust what they see (you can see it in their pupils, and the way they stand before you) — that they know they are not being cultivated into some idea but celebrated for the original garden they are growing into.”

The “Avengers: Endgame” star — currently featured in “Dune” — entered rehab for substance abuse in 2013 after several public altercations in which he appeared to be inebriated. That same year, he split from his ex-wife, Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane, in February after eight years of marriage.

Brolin shares daughters Westlyn Reign, 3, and Chapel Grace, 10 months, with wife Kathryn Brolin, and two adult children with ex-wife Alice Adair.

The Santa Monica native concluded by thanking his family and friends for helping him get through his battle with alcohol.

“Sobriety is about living better than your remembrance of what your greatest drunk ever was — an everyday malleability into gratitude for what is,” he shared, noting that: “None of this is deserved. All of it is perception. Thank you God, family, and friends for the most punk rock sobriety imaginable.”