STEVE-O HERE! ASK ME ANYTHING!!!

I'm actually coming up on 16 years (my sobriety date is March 10, 2008). Not only do I agree that you never stop being a addict/alcoholic, I genuinely relate to the saying, "I never suffered from alcoholism until I got sober". The good news is that any other disease leaves you no hope but to return to as healthy as you were before you got sick, but for us... when we treat our disease, we become better versions of ourselves than we ever were before. That's a big ass deal. My advice would be to stop framing it as a "choice to stay sober", and start framing it as a "choice to stop blowing it". I don't think I have a favorite holiday movie, unless you want to count "Steve-O's Bucket List" at steveo.com! Woohoo!!! In all seriousness, though, I wish the the best in recovery, I feel strongly that it could not be more worth it to follow the path.

1. When we were kids, my sister did everything right, got straight As, and was never in trouble... I did the exact opposite of all that, and all of these decades later, I've somehow emerged with all of this good fortune. It feels like imposter syndrome to believe that I don't deserve to have such a good life, when I wasn't a good kid.

2. I tried to work on using my voice correctly, and I just couldn't stick with it. Candidly, it was mostly just for that video that I even tried it in the first place.

3. There have been many really great podcasts I got to be on... I want to name a particularly awesome example of one here, too... I think I'm going to go with my very first appearance on Mike Tyson's "Hotboxin".

I don't want to throw any shade on your friends... but... if/when they start getting divorced, having crises with their kids, and/or trying to pick up the pieces of the lives they set up which went on to all apart, then I imagine you'll be feeling pretty good about your decisions. I say all of that because comparing ourselves to others can be very counterproductive. What I'm sensitive to is the idea of life being consumed by one's job. If you're not passionate about your work, that could be a problem. Perhaps the answer is to find your passion, as that will enrich your life, and might bring out the qualities in you which will attract a healthy long-term relationship/life partner.

Welp I am not Steve-O but I felt like you too when I was 29. I met my now husband (on Tinder of all places) right before turning 30. Married 1 year with a little one due in May. I feel older and behind compared to my friend group who mostly were high school sweethearts and married 10 years ago. On the bright side, their kids can watch my kids when we need a night out. I know if I met my husband in my 20s, I wouldn't have been "ready" for this life. I had an awesome 20s and found him when I was meant to. No regrets or feeling like I "missed" my youth.

It would have been fine to approach me. I'm generally really good about it. The only problem is that too many interactions can wear me out at a certain point, and then it becomes difficult to be joyful about it (sadly, I almost invariably become short/grumpy when that happens). That doesn't mean anyone shouldn't approach me, though! Thanks!

I have a group of men who I meet with regularly, so that we can all talk about our feelings (really), and at our last meeting, I told them that I feel I would be hard-pressed to think of ways my life could be much better, but I have an incredible ability to constantly be full of anxiety and stress, and that I can imagine my life ending with me thinking, "why couldn't I have just relaxed a little bit and enjoyed myself?" I've spent a lot of time thinking about this, and I've come to accept that my constant state of anxiety, stress, and fear is useful for me... because it keeps me working hard and remaining productive. So my answer is, "life is uncomfortable, but that's OK". Thanks for asking!

Ooohhh, what a fun question! My first thought is to wish that the worst slam I ever took had been captured on video at all-- the faceplant on concrete off the second floor balcony in 1995, where I broke my cheekbone, seven teeth, my wrist, and had ten stitches in my chin. Candidly, it may be better that nobody ever had to see footage of that, but I can't help wishing it existed. Really great question, thank you!

I view the Wildboyz experience as having been a "numbers game". We wanted to go everywhere, so the favorite place was always the "next" place. I think I can honestly say that, even back then, my favorite thing was always to come home. All of that travel always made me feel grateful for living in the USA. Lastly, my favorite animal is Wendy from Peru-- I know she didn't have anything to do with Wildboyz, but no experience I ever had with Wildboyz comes close to the way I feel about Wendy.

He sure seems to be doing better than he has in years, and I'm thrilled about that. I've lost touch with him, though, so I keep up with him these days indirectly from what I see on the Internet, just like everyone else. I only want for him to be happy and healthy, and I'm rooting for him from afar.

Thanks so much! We really care about the booking process, and try to be as selective as possible. If we could get Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, believe me, we would! Again, thank you for the kind words...

I still have a great relationship with Chris. Whenever we get together, we both appreciate it immensely.

I'd say that the hardest thing is when I smell weed. That's because:

1. I love the smell and, frankly, I love weed.

2. When I'm breathing it in, the drug is technically entering my body, and that is upsetting.

I never shy away from the topic of recovery when it comes up organically, but I avoid going into situations in which the primary purpose is to speaking about recovery in the media.

I've always said that the way to get me to give a tattoo is to present me with an awesome idea/design and an opportunity to give it. Most people who ask for a tattoo think it's going to help to say I can tattoo "whatever I want" on them, but I'm not interested in coming up with awesome ideas for random people-- I much prefer for the tattoo to be a reward for a random person presenting me with an awesome idea. As I said in a previous answer, my diet is a disaster these days, so my favorite foods are Taco Bell and a snack called "Drizzilicious".

When I meet people and they say, "Thanks for all the laughs", I always say, "Thanks for laughing". I don't want to undermine wonderful things that have been said, but I consider laughter to be the gold standard for praise.

I bought a Smart car to crash it into a wall, so I could make sure the airbags worked. They definitely worked, but the seat was scooted all the way back, so the airbag didn't get a chance to break my nose. I don't know that I'm going to "love" trying it again, but that's going to need to be re-done.

The Back To The Future movies taught me to be careful about altering the "space/time continuum", so I feel pretty strongly that I would have to, because I'm pretty happy with who I've become and where I'm at in my life.

Thank you for the kind words. Let me preface this response by emphasizing that I am not a doctor... with that said, it breaks my heart to learn of someone so young dealing with this. I'm particularly sensitive to it, because I've struggled with suicidal depression at times, myself. Again, I'm not a doctor, but I was referred to a psychiatrist who prescribes me an "SSRI" drug called "Zoloft", and it has helped me a ton. Please consider seeing a psychiatrist yourself. Lastly, my advice for anyone who wants to do anything is always to "start doing it". Be careful to welcome guidance from people who can help you make sure that you don't start out learning bad habits, but also, don't wait. Start doing it. I wish you the best, seriously, please take care of yourself. And thanks again.

I think the best advice is to expand your comfort zone by spending time with sober alcoholics. I say that because it's pretty clear that alcoholics can't recover alone.

The worst thing is that I'm basically never comfortable-- I spend my life in a perpetual state of anxiety, stress and fear.

The best thing is that, because I'm always anxious, stressed, and fearful, I force myself to work constantly to achieve goals, and that has caused me to create a great life for myself.

I think it's worth noting that most people's biggest advantage is also their biggest disadvantage. Part of me wants to learn how to relax, but the bigger part is too scared.

My dad raised me with the motto of "always under-promise, and over-deliver". I don't think there's a lot of advice that can beat those words.

We bought the property, and have our first farm animal on it (a pig named "Lulu"). We're headed out there on Weds to start setting things up, but that will be a long, gradual process.

I've maintained an average of more than forty minutes of meditation every single day since Dec 27, 2019. Creeping up on four years!

It really means a lot to me to see comments like this, thank you!

I have not heard from Walkers, and I'd forgotten about giving them such public feedback! I sure hope they received it and address my concerns!

That's kind of like asking "what's your favorite food?", and the answer will change with moods... for this moment, though, I'm going to say "Throwing Stones" by the Grateful Dead.

Congrats! My advice is to avoid expecting the year mark to change anything. Stick with what's keeping you sober until then, and keep sticking with it after!

There were clowns who had been unkind towards me because I wasn't chosen to be in the circus. After I got a pretty awesome job as a clown on a cruise ship, I learned that some of those unkind individuals were trying to get my job, and that was very satisfying for me, albeit in a petty, vengeful way.

I turned down $100,000 for promoting a product I don't believe in.

Congrats on 16 years! I wish I could help here, but I was so scared of having kids I got a vasectomy for my Bucket List!

I don't know if Tremaine and Knoxville are best friends, but the respect they have for each other is as genuine as it gets, and their professional relationship speaks for itself. I don't know what's up with the uniforms, but they work for the Captain!

The video I watched in the airplane was called "Anally Corrupted 2", and the tandem guy on my back could not have been a better sport about it. Also, I did get the photo on the bus, I posted it to my IG the very same day. Thanks so much for listening to the Off Menu pod!

Before Jackass came out in year 2000, I used to think of my video footage as "immortal", that it would keep me alive after I died if anyone continued to watch it. After Jackass came out, though, I learned that footage actually has a distinct expiration date, which is the second it becomes public and becomes "old news". This is the dilemma of a career in entertainment-- the only thing that helps you is what your working on NOW (I understand that this is harsh, and arguably false, but I can't help feeling that this characterizes my life and career). With that said, my most memorable moment is the one which made me start this AMA late... receiving and approving the final version of the cover sleeve for my Bucket List DVD, which I've been working on for days. I love it so much, it's unbelievable. The image on the front cover is a rather punched-in screen shot from a video, which had pretty bad/blurry low-resolution. I figured I'd give AI a shot at enhancing the quality of that image, and I was absolutely blown away by what a great job it did. Fuck, is AI scary... Finally, please forgive me for taking this moment to encourage everyone to find my new Bucket List special at steveo.com -- it's what I have right NOW, and I think we can objectively agree it's the greatest thing I've ever made... Thanks!

Thank you so much for asking this! "Tazzy" found a permanent home with the employees of the tour bus company that we rented our UK tour bus from. And I can safely say, that ranks her as the luckiest a dog can possibly get, because she is a LIABILITY.

I'd say I hang with Dave England the most these days, but I'm still in touch with everyone except Bam.

Passing juggling clubs. And I also really struggled with learning to unicycle.

I found Wendy in the streets of Peru on August 17, 2017 and, at that time, she was estimated to be 2-3 years old, which would make her roughly 8-9 years old now. She's a large dog, which makes her life expectancy shorter, and that's really hard for me because I love her more than I can express. She's not terribly particular when it comes to snacks, she pretty much loves them all, and, yes, she is every bit as rad as she seems on the podcast. I'd say she's way, way radder.

I don't listen to interviews after they are recorded, but I can say that I genuinely regret the way I handle the subject of video games in that podcast. I made no sense, and came off as a real douche. It was not a good look. I really liked Danny Brown, though!

Ha! That's a funny one. I think the appropriate answer is that I'm an attention whore.

It was underwhelming, in every sense. Not big, and didn't even feel great. Still glad I did the 431 days of celibacy, because I cared most about "becoming the man the love of my life deserves".

I never expected to live very long, but the idea that people would discover video footage of me for many years to come (and, specifically, after I died) was ultra important to me. I was always obsessed with the idea of my videos making me "immortal".

I got very lucky. Wendy ran with a pack of friendly street dogs, all of which had seemed to figure out that life would be easier if they could interact with people in a friendly manner. It breaks my heart that the majority of the dogs there are so afraid.

My diet is a disaster these days, and it pains me greatly to admit that. Diet and exercise are clearly the most important things for maintaining health, and knowingly letting them go is awful and shameful. Dammit!

I'm not here to dodge tough questions, so, let me address:

1. I'm not a doctor, and Lux and I have fun when I take Blue Chew tablets. I've also never promoted Blue Chew without being very clear that you can't get them without consulting a medical professional. I hope that helps.

2. I do love animals and, while I was a hardcore vegan for many years, I've re-introduced seafood into my diet-- because I think it's good for me. It's as simple as this-- I eat seafood. Not to mention, that goldfish does not have a complex nervous system.

I respect your concerns, though, and acknowledge they are valid. I remain OK with my actions, though. Thanks!