John Goodman is sharing rare insight into his weight loss transformation .

The 74-year-old Roseanne star said that it was a long road that led him to focus on his health, which started with changing his self-destructive habits and getting sober.

However, after he stopped drinking in 2007, he turned to eating instead, which is when his weight climbed to nearly 400 pounds.

“I would overeat, because that was comfort,” Goodman told The New Yorker in a new interview. “Trying to fill up whatever hole that was. Same thing for drinking. It’s been better said before by other people, but just trying to fill up that vacuum with kicks.”

The Golden Globe winner said that he was motivated to keep his healthy habits because it was a matter of life and death.…