Editing Robert Downey Jr. (section)

===Sobriety===
Downey says he has been drug-free since July 2003<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/movies/20carr.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&8dpc&oref=slogin |title=With 'Iron Man,' Robert Downey Jr. Winks at his Past and Looks to Transcend it |work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2008 |access-date=September 6, 2008 |first=David |last=Carr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516010350/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/movies/20carr.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&8dpc&oref=slogin |archive-date=May 16, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and credits his wife with helping him overcome his drug and alcohol habits, along with his family, therapy, [[Buddhist meditation|meditation]], [[Twelve-step program|twelve-step recovery programs]], [[yoga]], and the practice of [[Wing Chun]] [[kung fu]],<ref name="skin deep" /> the martial art he learned from [[Eric Oram]], who is also a fight consultant in several of Downey's movies.<ref name="mf">{{cite news|url=http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/robert-downey-jr-he-was-skinny|title=Robert Downey Jr.: "He Was Skinny"|newspaper=Men's Journal |date=December 16, 2011|access-date=July 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710142818/http://www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/robert-downey-jr-he-was-skinny|archive-date=July 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mensjournal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/robert-downey-jr-s-cosmic-punishment-20121017|title=Robert Downey Jr.'s Cosmic Punishment|access-date=July 9, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630073010/http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/robert-downey-jr-s-cosmic-punishment-20121017|archive-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> Oram was Downey's personal fight coordinator in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' and ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''.<ref name="Burlingam">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/comicbook/news/robert-downey-jr-s-fight-coordinator-eric-oram-on-the-unique-cha/|title=Robert Downey Jr.'s Fight Coordinator Eric Oram on the Unique Challenges of Captain America: Civil War|publisher=Comic Book|first=Russ|last=Burlingam|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227131024/http://comicbook.com/amp/2015/10/03/robert-downey-jr-s-fight-coordinator-eric-oram-on-the-unique-cha/?client=ms-android-optus-au|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2015, Downey was chosen as one of 91 people to be pardoned by the [[Governor of California]], [[Jerry Brown]], for his prior drug offenses. The pardon does not erase Downey's criminal record, but it does allow him to serve on a jury.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ca.gov/archive/gov39/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12.24.15_Attested_Pardons.pdf |title=Pardon : Brian Keith Allison |website=Gov.ca.gov |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327203259/https://www.ca.gov/archive/gov39/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12.24.15_Attested_Pardons.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bozelko |first=Chandra |title=Robert Downey Jr. got a pardon but he still has a record |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Robert-Downey-Jr-got-a-pardon-but-he-still-has-a-6726510.php#:~:text=Convicted%20felons%20are%20allowed%20to,to%20my%2013%20felony%20convictions. |access-date=March 8, 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308105028/https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Robert-Downey-Jr-got-a-pardon-but-he-still-has-a-6726510.php#:~:text=Convicted%20felons%20are%20allowed%20to,to%20my%2013%20felony%20convictions. |url-status=live }}</ref> Oram wrote a letter in support of Downey's pardon to Governor Brown.<ref name="Priyadarshi">{{cite news|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2656739/robert-downey-jr-beat-drug-addiction-with-kung-fu|title=Robert Downey Jr beat drug addiction with kung fu|work=Inquisitr|first=Mohit|last=Priyadarshi|date=December 25, 2015|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305112014/http://www.inquisitr.com/2656739/robert-downey-jr-beat-drug-addiction-with-kung-fu/|archive-date=March 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> When asked on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' how he was able to make his sobriety stick this time, Downey said, "It's really not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems. What's hard is to decide to do it."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Winfrey |first1=Oprah |title=The Comeback Kid |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/the-comeback-kid/all |newspaper=oprah.com |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613142653/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/the-comeback-kid/all |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Oram with Downey Jr and Cheung 2005.jpg|thumb | Downey Jr. with [[William Cheung]] and [[Eric Oram]] (2005)]]