Channing Tatum, of '22 Jump Street' fame, recently opened up about the struggles he had to face in his past, from an addiction to drugs and alcohol, to a job as an erotic dancer.

"I wouldn't say I was losing myself in drugs because I wasn't doing anything habitually," the 34-year old actor admitted in the Nov. 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor said he did not use "big" drugs, but was just trying things out.

"Just experimenting. Experimenting, I would say. Never the big ones-crack or heroin. I never OD'd or anything. Never," Tatum confessed.

Aside from that, Tatum also confessed about a stage in his life where he was seriously addicted to alcohol. However, he stressed that his description of himself as a "functioning alcoholic" was taken out of context in the June 2014 issue of GQ Magazine.

"Drinking was probably the biggest [thing]. I didn't look at drinking as a problem. It wasn't at that point, and I still don't think it's a problem. But at that time in my life, it was, 'Let's go out and have a great time."

"It was said in context with the glutton side of myself," he added, "I'm constantly a flip-and-flop of extremes. I take care of it, to an extent -- and then I kind of knock it all down and destroy the sand castle. All I meant was that I do things in extreme."

He did these things amidst making a meager income as a adult male performer back in the day. He said that he earned $150 "on a good day" and $50 to $70 on "bad nights."

Some of the experiences in Tatum's life laid the ground work for the blockbuster movie 'Magic Mike', which actually has a follow-up movie, 'Magic Mike XXL'.

On a side note, Tatum is happily married to Jenna Dewan Tatum and their daughter Everly, and dismissed all the rumors that his marriage is headed for divorce.