By Margeaux sippellOriginal Source: variety.com“True Blood” star Joe Manganiello has been sober for many years now, but admitting he had a problem didn’t come easy.“Sixteen years ago…I crashed and washed ashore on the banks of sobriety,” Manganiello said while accepting the Spirit of Sobriety award on Friday night at the Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Prevention’s 13th annual Summer Spectacular Event.“When I was growing up, when I thought of an alcoholic, I thought of some toothless old guy in a trench coat in a basement somewhere,” he said, adding, “I just never thought that would apply to me. That type of stigma kept me from getting the help that I needed when I knew I needed it.”Hosted by celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro and “Extra” television personality Mario Lopez, stars in attendance included...click here to continue reading