Former Disney star Joshua Bassett, 25, is opening up about his now-past battle with ketamine use through poetry in his new book Rookie: My Public, Private, and Secret Life, which was published on May 5. In a poem called "Jesus open his eyes," the actor candidly details his addiction, a coping mechanism he developed after suffering a near-death heart failure and septic shock that led to him being hospitalized for days in January 2021. He was just 20 at the time. Joshua Bassett developed a ketamine addiction after his 2021 near-death health scare.