Article: Winging it back to stardom; What's On Rob Lowe has beaten addiction to sex and drugs. Now he's hooked on success, says JULIE MacCASKILL.(Television)

Byline: Julie MacCaskill

LIKE a phoenix from the ashes, former wild child Rob Lowe has reinvented himself as an acclaimed actor - much to his surprise.

"I'm humbled by my good fortune, but God knows what I might have accomplished had things been different," says the 38-year-old. "They weren't, though, and I have to take full responsibility for my life."

Not so long ago, Rob's career hit the skids following a highly publicised sex scandal and a spell in a clinic to battle addictions to sex, drugs and alcohol.

Not to put too fine a point on ...

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