Tom Sizemore Struggles With Drug Addiction

Tom Sizemore, who has admitted in court to using methamphetamine, says he's struggling to come out from the haze of drug addiction.

The 44-year-old actor was sentenced Thursday to three years' probation after tearfully confessing that he used meth last month. He could have faced 16 months in prison after violating his probation stemming from a conviction for methamphetamine possession.

Sizemore says in an interview on CNBC's "The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch" set to air Monday (10 p.m. EST), that on a Jan. 18 visit to his probation officer, he confessed his problem.

"I didn't want to tell her the truth initially," he says. "But I (thought), `You know what? This is that moment where you're either starting to get it or not get it.' You know, it's called surrender."

Sizemore says he was wary of lying or hiding his meth use, and admitted to his probation officer that he "slipped," noting that "there's a difference between a slip and a relapse."

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