Inside Andy Dick's decades-long addiction battle

Long before Andy Dick was found unresponsive in the apparent throes of an overdose , he battled addiction.

The comedian’s patterns of legal drama, addiction, treatment and relapses have played out in the public eye and stretched decades — with Dick himself often leading the discussion with candid accounts of his battle.

On Tuesday, the struggle once again played out publicly, as Dick, 59, was found unconscious on a Hollywood street in broad daylight, per video obtained by TMZ.

As witnesses attempted to revive the limp comedian, an onlooker at the scene suggested somebody obtain Narcan — an emergency medication that effectively reverses opioid overdoses — and he was given a shot as he lay on a set of concrete steps in what appeared to be pajamas.

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