An untold motivational Story of Robert Downey Jr.

“If you don’t fight for what you love Don’t cry for what you lose.”

-Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr you might know him by the amazing roll he played in Iron Man, The Avengers.

But do you know his Past ?

Robert Downey Jr. Began acting as a young child. He made his first film appearances and was a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s, but his growing success was marred by years of struggles with drug abuse. At age of 8 he was introduced to drugs and soon after he became addicted.

Downey's parents divorced when he was 13, and the young actor ended up living in Los Angeles, California, with his father. At the age of 16, however, he dropped out of high school and was on the move again, relocating to New York to live with his mother.

The story line and character rang especially true for Downey, who had been introduced to drugs at the age of eight by his father, and developed a full-fledged addiction as he headed into his 20s.He took his drugs after work and on the weekends,"

High point in Downey's career came in 1993, when he was nominated for an Academy Award (best actor) for his performance in Chaplin (1992), directed by Richard Attenborough

the 27-year-old Downey had come to be seen as one of the most gifted actors of his generation, but he had also earned a reputation as a troubled and controversial figure in Hollywood.

In June 1996, the actor was stopped by police after driving without clothes in his Porsche on Sunset Boulevard, and found not only to be without clothes, but in possession of cocaine, heroin and a .357 Magnum

In 1999, after failing to show up for a court-ordered drugs test, he was sentenced to three years in a state-run substance abuse facility and prison in California. He served 12 months of his sentence before being freed by a judge.